pondering Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb reflect deeply on a subject
   ponder; ruminate; mull; muse; think over; reflect; contemplate; meditate; chew over; mull over; excogitate; speculate.
   
   • I mulled over the events of the afternoon
   • philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years
   • The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate
2. adjective satellite deeply or seriously thoughtful;
   pensive; broody; ruminative; brooding; contemplative; musing; meditative; reflective.
   
   • Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the 'Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man

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