Musing (Noun)
Meaning
A calm, lengthy, intent consideration.
Classification
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
Examples
- She sat by the river, lost in quiet musing, her gaze drifting out across the water.
- His eyes would often glaze over during meetings, evidence that he was deep in musing about a particular problem.
- The philosopher spent years of musing on the nature of reality before writing her groundbreaking book.
- As she stared out at the stars, her mind fell into a peaceful musing on the mysteries of the universe.
- The detective sat at his desk, engaged in a long, intense musing about the clues and trying to piece together the events of the crime.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- Self-contemplation
- Meditation
- Cogitation
- Introspection
- Self-examination
- Retrospect
- Study
- Speculation