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View usage for: musing in British English (ˈmjuːzɪŋ) noun1. reflection Carrie interrupted his musing. He was startled out of his angry musings. adjective literary2. tending to muse; contemplative His long, shapely, musing sentences spread themselves over page after page. 3. dreamy in a soft, musing voice musing in American English (ˈmjuzɪŋ) adjective1. that muses; meditative noun2. meditation; reflection Derived forms musingly (ˈmusingly) adverb Examples of 'musing' in a sentencemusing His philosophical musings were a complete departure from the cynical lies of his predecessors.His musings over his life and its many ups and downs make a very readable account.Just don't expect him to charm you with his wit or philosophical musings.His candid musings on the nature of life and art are also challenging - is all great art accidental?They are the unsung heroes whose musings on love and life are credited with binding India like no other force.Three boffins studied the miserable singer's musings on love, friendship and loss.Yet there's human warmth here, and quiet philosophical musings. Synonyms of 'musing'thinking, reflection, meditation, abstraction More Synonyms of musing She mistook his musing for purposeful loitering. Synonyms thinking introspection dreaming day-dreaming rumination navel gazing (slang) cogitation brown studycerebration woolgathering Additional synonymsYou will have to put up with my occasional absent-mindedness. Synonyms forgetfulness, musing, preoccupation, abstraction, daydreaming, carelessness, vagueness, inattention, dreaminess, obliviousness, lapse of memory, absence of mind, woolgathering, heedlessness, distractedness Definition the quality of being abstract or abstracted He noticed her abstraction and asked, `What's bothering you?' Synonyms absent-mindedness, musing, preoccupation, daydreaming, vagueness, remoteness, absence, inattention, dreaminess, obliviousness, absence of mind, pensiveness, woolgathering, distractedness, bemusedness Synonyms preoccupation, reflection, musing, meditation, absorption, abstraction, contemplation, reverie, rumination, abstractedness - music
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Additional synonymsThe garden is a place of quiet contemplation. Synonyms thought, consideration, reflection, musing, meditation, pondering, deliberation, reverie, rumination, cogitationDefinition the act of meditating Lost in meditation, she walked with slow steps along the shore. Synonyms reflection, thought, concentration, study, musing, pondering, contemplation, reverie, ruminating, rumination, cogitation, cerebration, a brown study Definition careful or long consideration After days of reflection she decided to write back. Synonyms consideration, thinking, pondering, deliberation, thought, idea, view, study, opinion, impression, observation, musing, meditation, contemplation, rumination, perusal, cogitation, cerebration Definition absent-minded daydream The voice brought him out of his reverie. Synonyms daydream, musing, preoccupation, trance, abstraction, daydreaming, inattention, absent-mindedness, brown study, woolgathering, castles in the air or Spain |