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contemplative
adjective
(con-tem-pla-tive)
deeply or seriously thoughtful
Synonyms:
brooding
,
broody
,
meditative
,
musing
,
pensive
,
pondering
,
reflective
,
ruminative
,
contemplative
noun
(con-tem-pla-tive)
a person devoted to the contemplative life
Words Related to
contemplative
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meditative
,
ruminative
,
pensive
,
brooding
,
thoughtful
,
reflective
,
broody
,
musing
,
pondering
,
introspective
,
reverent
,
melancholic
,
prayerful
,
melancholy
,
serene
,
poetic
,
elegiac
,
spiritual
,
wistful
,
devotional
,
monastic
,
mellow
,
dreamy
,
somber
,
mournful
,
tranquil
,
languorous
,
morose
,
soulful
,
mystical
,
ascetic
,
joyful
,
metaphysical
,
humanistic
,
impressionistic
,
meditational
,
songful
,
ethereal
,
evocative
,
languid
,
museful
,
naturalistic
,
sensual
,
essayistic
,
songlike
,
reverential
,
wordsworthian
,
plangent
,
pointillistic
,
incantatory
,
imagistic
,
unhurried
,
moody
,
lyrical
,
monkish
,
revelatory
,
discursive
,
folky
,
easeful
,
painterly
,
apollonian
,
unrushed
,
playful
,
unquiet
,
nonrepresentational
,
gentle
,
melodic
,
maudlin
,
sensuous
,
plainsong
,
lugubrious
,
uncontrived
,
hypnotic
,
dissonant
,
numinous
,
expressive
,
unexpressive
,
polytonal
,
solipsistic
,
formalist
,
crepuscular
,
didactic
,
artful
,
improvisatory
,
penitential
,
rhapsodic
,
graceful
,
dreamlike
,
tuneful
,
decorous
,
dialogical
,
resonant
,
transcendental
,
nuanced
,
minimalist
,
churchy
,
responsorial
,
hieratic
,
entrancing
,
uninflected
,
contemplative
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