musing

musing
Absorbed in thought; contemplative
2. noun

daydreaming or imaginative musings.


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  • musing — adj. Thinking long and intensely. Syn: brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • musing — index contemplation, hindsight, introspection, pensive, preoccupation, reflection (thought) Burton s Legal Thesaurus …   Law dictionary

  • musing — (n.) late 14c., complaint, verbal noun from MUSE (Cf. muse) (v.). Meaning pondering is from mid 15c. Related: Musingly; musings …   Etymology dictionary

  • musing — [myo͞o′ziŋ] adj. that muses; meditative n. meditation; reflection musingly adv …   English World dictionary

  • Müsing — Die Firma Müsing ist ein deutscher Hersteller von hochwertigen Fahrrädern. Sitz der Firma ist in Freirachdorf im Westerwald zwischen Frankfurt und Köln. Die Anfänge der Produktion von Fahrrädern unter dem Namen Müsing gehen auf die 1980er und… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Musing — Muse Muse, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Mused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Musing}.] [F. muser to loiter or trifle, orig., to stand with open mouth, fr. LL. musus, morsus, muzzle, snout, fr. L. morsus a biting, bite, fr. mordere to bite. See {Morsel}, and cf.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • musing — noun in my musing of late, I have decided that I need more purpose in my life Syn: meditation, thinking, contemplation, deliberation, pondering, reflection, rumination, introspection, daydreaming, reverie, dreaming, preoccupation, brooding;… …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • musing — I. noun Date: 14th century meditation II. adjective Date: 15th century thoughtfully abstracted ; meditative • musingly adverb …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • musing — musingly, adv. /myooh zing/, adj. 1. absorbed in thought; meditative. n. 2. contemplation; reflection. [1350 1400; ME; see MUSE, ING2, ING1] * * * …   Universalium

  • musing — Synonyms and related words: Walter Mitty, absence of mind, absent, absentminded, absentmindedness, absorbed, absorption, abstracted, abstractedness, abstraction, advisement, bemused, bemusement, brooding, brown study, castle building, close study …   Moby Thesaurus

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