Synonyms of pensive

1. brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative, thoughtful (vs. thoughtless): usage: 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";
2. pensive, wistful, sad (vs. glad): usage: showing pensive sadness; "the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty"