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museful

[myooz-fuhl] / ˈmyuz fəl /
ADJECTIVE
ruminative
Synonyms
WEAK
absorbed analytical attentive brainy calculating cerebral cogitative contemplative deep deliberative discerning earnest engrossed excogitative farsighted grave in a brown study intellectual intent keen levelheaded logical lost in thought meditative melancholy musing pensive philosophic pondering preoccupied rapt rational reasonable reasoning reflecting reflective retrospective serious sober speculative studious subjective thinking wise wistful
ADJECTIVE
thoughtful
Synonyms
STRONGEST
analytical attentive cerebral earnest melancholy pensive rational reasonable reflective serious sober studious wise
WEAK
absorbed brainy calculating cogitative deep deliberative discerning engrossed farsighted grave intellectual intent keen levelheaded logical lost in thought meditative musing philosophic pondering preoccupied rapt reasoning reflecting retrospective ruminative subjective thinking wistful
Antonyms
STRONGEST
flippant happy ignorant inattentive irrational stupid trivial unimportant unreasonable unserious unthoughtful
WEAK
careless heedless idiotic inconsiderate negligent obtuse remiss thoughtless uncaring unmindful

Example Sentences

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Her museful ardours were chilled by the looks of Ormond.

From Ormond, Volume II (of 3) or, The Secret Witness by Brown, Charles Brockden

Forever smiling thro' its season brief, The one in glory and the one in grief: Forever painting to our museful sight, How lowlihead and loveliness unite.

From Poems — Volume 1 by Meredith, George

From weary eyes Pass the pale phantoms of our earth and skies; The gray head droops; the museful lips are closed On life's vain questionings and more vain replies!

From The Youth's Companion Volume LII, Number 11, Thursday, March 13, 1879 by Various

Thus museful rode the Tyrant, princely plumed, To his high seat upon the sacred rock: And Solon, blank beside his rule, resumed The meditation which that passing mock Had buffeted awhile to sallowness.

From Poems — Volume 2 by Meredith, George

Not so the museful sage:—abroad he walks Contemplative, if haply he may find What cause controls the tempest's rage, or whence, Amidst the savage season, Winter smiles.

From The Natural History of Selborne by White, Gilbert