pondersome

English

Alternative forms
  • ponder-some

Etymology

From ponder +‎ -some.

Adjective

pondersome (comparative more pondersome, superlative most pondersome)

  1. 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
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.