Hyphenation of pensive

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word pensive? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

pen-sive

Definitions of pensive:

1.	Deeply or seriously thoughtful Byron lives on not only in his poetry
2.	But also in his creation of the 'Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man
3.	Showing pensive sadness The sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty

Synonyms of pensive:

adj	brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pondering, reflective, ruminative, thoughtful
adj	wistful, sad

Last hyphenations of this language

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