as in melancholy
given to or marked by long, quiet thinking
he was clearly in a musing mood, and did not feel like talking just then
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Recent Examples of musing
Beronda L. Montgomery,
PEOPLE,
19 Jan. 2026
Come for the stories of their first Stoppard experiences, stay for the heartwarming musing about Stoppard’s impact on their lives!
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Literary Hub,
5 Dec. 2025
Reddit user u/TotalThing7 shared a nostalgic musing in the subreddit r/CasualConversation after watching a 1990s TV show.
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Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Oct. 2025
That’s one philosophical musing.
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Blake Toppmeyer,
USA TODAY,
2 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Her musing invited me, too, to return to my original deep fascination with this ability of plants that had become routine scientific knowledge to me.
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Beronda L. Montgomery,
PEOPLE,
19 Jan. 2026
Come for the stories of their first Stoppard experiences, stay for the heartwarming musing about Stoppard’s impact on their lives!
—
Literary Hub,
5 Dec. 2025
Reddit user u/TotalThing7 shared a nostalgic musing in the subreddit r/CasualConversation after watching a 1990s TV show.
—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Oct. 2025
That’s one philosophical musing.
—
Blake Toppmeyer,
USA TODAY,
2 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for musing
Adjective
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That melancholy was discovered by the Romantics, and, in its coarser variation, was equivalent to despair.
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The goofy sketch comedies and homemade spoofs that once filled his channel gradually disappeared, replaced by melancholy short films and bleak monologues.
Noun
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Mindful downtime, including meditation, progressive muscle relaxation, or reading instead of screen time, promotes better sleep and mental quiet.
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Residential patients will also have access to a stickball court, garden space for traditional foods, a gym and room for meditation.
Verb
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Bravo is sipping its cuppa and pondering what to do about those interesting ladies across the pond.
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Some viewers appear to enjoy seeing the princess in modern settings, pondering over what could have been if her life wasn't cut short.
Adjective
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High ceilings and generous proportions create volume, while thoughtful transitions blur the lines between interior and exterior, extending daily life beyond the home’s four walls.
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The bold contrast calls for thoughtful choices of wall color.
Noun
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Trish and Dan Bell Chapel The Trish and Dan Bell Chapel will serve as a gathering place for worship, contemplation and spiritual strengthening at FIU.
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Many crude laughs were bolstered by the attached contemplation.
Verb
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The adult animation follows the trials and tribulations of a group of feral British cats from all walks of society, who seek companionship while ruminating on everyday life.
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Shaboozey, who cites Pink Floyd’s surreal The Wall as one of his favorite albums and movies, had been ruminating on the idea for more than a decade.
Adjective
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Was came from a working-class industrial city, making music reflective of Detroit’s technological upheaval and economic neglect.
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Practically architectural in its precision, her hair is pulled straight back and upwards without a visible part to create a smooth, downright reflective surface from her hairline to the crown.
Noun
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Jackass Forever, a much better movie, did a lot of this stuff, too, serving as a reverie while also delivering mostly new material.
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Both human and artificial, and tantalizingly difficult to parse, the screams puncture the track’s otherwise steamy atmosphere, like a reminder of reality in the middle of a dreamy reverie.
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“Musing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/musing. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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