musing

Noun · Adjective
Synonyms: contemplationreflectionreflexionruminationthoughtfulnessbroodingbroodycontemplativemeditativepensiveponderingreflective

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a calm, lengthy, intent considerationSynonyms: contemplationreflectionreflexionruminationthoughtfulness

Adjective (1)

  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";”Synonyms: broodingbroodycontemplativemeditativepensiveponderingreflectiveruminative
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Muse \Muse\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Mused; p. pr. & vb. n. Musing.] [F. muser to loiter or trifle, orig., to stand with open mouth, fr. LL. musus, morsus, muzzle, snout, fr. L. morsus a biting, bite, fr. mordere to bite. See Morsel, and cf. Amuse, Muzzle, n.]

1.To think closely; to study in silence; to meditate. "Thereon mused he." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

He mused upon some dangerous plot.— Sir P. Sidney.[1913 Webster]

2.To be absent in mind; to be so occupied in study or contemplation as not to observe passing scenes or things present; to be in a brown study. --Daniel. [1913 Webster]

3.To wonder. [Obs.] --Spenser. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]

Syn: To consider; meditate; ruminate. See Ponder. [1913 Webster]

musing \musing\ adj. Thinking long and intensely.

Syn: brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative. [WordNet 1.5]

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