pondersome
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pondersome (comparative more pondersome, superlative most pondersome)
- Marked by pondering or musing; thought-provoking; pensive; puzzling
- 1990, Mary Anne Schofield, Masking and Unmasking the Female Mind:
- Yet The Cry is not a pondersome, dull collection of critical views.
- 2014, i.P. audAx, Relapse and Rescuers:
- I'm too sober to be drunk, too sober to be anything but in a funk. The safety net no longer protects. My anger no longer projects. The trite questions are difficult and pondersome.
- 2014, Catherine Hoffmann, His Real Life:
- They were adventurous tales, quirky and funny, but always pondersome.
Synonyms edit
- (thought-provoking): intriguing