ruminative

Speech parts

1. ruminative - Adjective

2. ruminative - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Inclined to, or engaged in, rumination or meditation.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

meditative reflective contemplative brooding broody pondering musing pensive rapt serious thinking philosophical absorbed grave reflecting
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Antonyms

loony spontaneous stupid silly reckless negligent
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Phrases with the word

ruminative need

Examples

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 Source: Internet

Lynn’s languid, ruminative approach remains as she croons in a lovely, unhurried, sepia-toned noir style, not far removed from Cowboy Junkies’ Margo Timmins. Source: Internet

She flips styles just as deftly: Bookended by a ruminative synth ballad and a woozily Auto-Tuned cover of Drake’s “Passionfruit,” her second EP touches on slinky bassline house, slow-motion techno, and even trap music. Source: Internet

This is a quiet, ruminative story, proceeding through its ideas as carefully and deliberately as cautious Gifty proceeds when she makes her way through an experiment. Source: Internet

But it can also make them more ruminative, as we examine the same idea repeatedly. Source: Internet

Entitled “On Medicine,” the column will run monthly, part of the same series of literary, ruminative short essays that includes the On Photography column by Teju Cole. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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