pensive

adjective ! Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about pensive at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

1. 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. Showing pensive sadness.

   the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty