musing
musings
Use the adjective musing to describe something that's reflective or thoughtful, like a musing diary entry that explores the meaning of life.
When you ponder or contemplate, you muse, and anything that appears this way can be described as musing. You might love your English teacher's musing responses to students' questions or grow bored by a French film's slow, musing quality. You can also use the word as a noun meaning "period of reflection," although it's most often written as the plural musings: "This book is nothing but the author's musings about his cat."
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deeply or seriously thoughtful
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synonyms:
brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative
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thoughtful
exhibiting or characterized by careful thought
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thoughtful
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a calm, lengthy, intent consideration
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synonyms:
contemplation, reflection, reflexion, rumination, thoughtfulness
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types:
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cogitation, study
attentive consideration and meditation
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meditation, speculation
continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature
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meditation
(religion) contemplation of spiritual matters (usually on religious or philosophical subjects)
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introspection, self-contemplation, self-examination
the contemplation of your own thoughts and desires and conduct
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retrospect
contemplation of things past
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lucubration
laborious cogitation
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self-analysis, soul-searching
a penetrating examination of your own beliefs and motives
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examen, examination
a detailed inspection of your conscience (as done daily by Jesuits)
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consideration
the process of giving careful thought to something
Vocabulary lists containing musing
In this second book of the Supernatural Investigations series, thirteen-year-old Amari Peters of Atlanta's Whitman Preparatory Academy must compete for the Crown in order to save her brother, stop a war, and prevent the future of magic from being controlled by evil forces.
To illustrate his thesis that math is the foundation of human progress, Alex Bellos details achievements throughout time and cultures.
Fifteen-year-old Danny is gifted with superpowers and is determined to prove that as a transgender girl, she can be the world's greatest superhero.
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