Synonyms for pensive

Adjective

1. brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative, thoughtful (vs. thoughtless)

usage: persistently or morbidly thoughtful

2. pensive, wistful, sad (vs. glad)

usage: showing pensive sadness; "the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty"