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pondersome

pondersome adjective: marked by pondering or musing; thought-provoking; pensive; puzzling.

Adjective

pondersome (comparative more pondersome, superlative most pondersome)

  1. Marked by pondering or musing; thought-provoking; pensive; puzzling
    • Yet The Cry is not a pondersome, dull collection of critical views.1990, Mary Anne Schofield, Masking and Unmasking the Female Mind
    • 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, i.P. audAx, Relapse and Rescuers
    Synonyms:
    intriguing

Synonyms of pondersome

Forms of pondersome

comparativemore pondersome
superlativemost pondersome
alternative formponder-some

Origin of pondersome

From ponder + -some.

Questions about pondersome

What does pondersome mean?
Pondersome means marked by pondering or musing; thought-provoking; pensive; puzzling.
What part of speech is pondersome?
Pondersome is an adjective.

Words near pondersome in the dictionary

  1. ponderously
  2. ponderousness
  3. ponderousnesses
  4. ponders
  5. Ponders End
  6. pondersome
  7. pondes
  8. pondfish
  9. pondfishes
  10. pondful
  11. pondfuls

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