musing
/'mju:ziɳ/
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Definition
Adjective:
- Deeply or seriously thoughtful: Characterized by or involving quiet, serious, and often prolonged thought; contemplative or reflective.
- Dreamy or abstracted: Appearing lost in thought, often with a slight detachment from one's immediate surroundings.
Noun:
- A calm, lengthy, intent consideration: An instance of engaged, reflective thinking; a period of contemplation.
Usage and Examples
Adjective:
- She had a musing expression as she gazed out the window. (This describes her thoughtful, reflective appearance.)
- He fell into a musing silence during the meeting. (This describes his state of being absorbed in thought.)
Noun:
- His musing on the nature of time was interrupted by the phone. (This refers to his act of deep thought.)
- She wrote down her philosophical musings in a journal. (This refers to her reflective thoughts or meditations.)
Advanced Usage
- "To be lost in musing": To be completely absorbed in one's own thoughts.
- He was lost in musing and didn't hear the doorbell.
Variants and Related Words
- Muse (verb): To think or meditate in silence; to ponder.
- She liked to muse about what the future might hold.
- Muse (noun): A source of inspiration, especially in art (from Greek mythology).
- The poet sought his muse in the beauty of nature.
- Museful (adjective, archaic): Meditative; thoughtful.
Synonyms
- Adjective: Contemplative, pensive, reflective, meditative, thoughtful, ruminative.
- Noun: Contemplation, reflection, meditation, rumination, thoughtfulness.
Antonyms
- Adjective: Unthinking, thoughtless, inattentive, superficial.
- Noun: Distraction, inattention, thoughtlessness.
Adjective
- 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
Noun
- a calm, lengthy, intent consideration