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Pensive Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ive

Pensive has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

deeply or seriously thoughtful

"Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the `Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man"

2

showing pensive sadness

"the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty"

3

Having the appearance of deep, often melancholic, thinking.

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Rhyming Words
vive zive give yive jive wive tive rive five bive dive live hive skive blive shive alive snive chive swive
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