musing

²musing

adj

Definition of MUSING

: thoughtfully abstracted : meditative

— mus·ing·ly \-lē\ adverb

Examples of MUSING

1. <he was clearly in a musing mood, and did not feel like talking just then>

First Known Use of MUSING

15th century

Related to MUSING

Synonyms: broody, cogitative, meditative, melancholy, contemplative, pensive, reflective, ruminant, ruminative, thoughtful

Antonyms: unreflective

Related Words: introspective, retrospective, self-reflective; earnest, grave, sedate, serious, serious-minded, severe, sober, solemn, somber (or sombre), weighty; philosophical (also philosophic); analytic (or analytical), logical, rational; deliberate, purposeful; absentminded, abstracted, preoccupied

Near Antonyms: featherbrained, flighty, flippant, frivolous, goofy, harebrained, light-headed, scatterbrained; brainless, mindless, silly, thoughtless, unthinking

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