Definition: showing pensive sadness
Usage: the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty
Similar words: sad
Definition: experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness
Usage: feeling sad because his dog had died; Better by far that you should forget and smile / Than that you should remember and be sad- Christina Rossetti
Synonyms: meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative, contemplative, brooding, broody
Definition: deeply or seriously thoughtful
Usage: 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;
Similar words: thoughtful
Definition: exhibiting or characterized by careful thought
Usage: a thoughtful paper