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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

pondersome en · ADJ

Etymology

From ponder + -some.

Meanings

  1. Marked by pondering or musing; thought-provoking; pensive; puzzling
    • 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:
    • They were adventurous tales, quirky and funny, but always pondersome. 2014, Catherine Hoffmann, His Real Life:
    • Yet The Cry is not a pondersome, dull collection of critical views. 1990, Mary Anne Schofield, Masking and Unmasking the Female Mind:

Forms

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ponder-some alternative lexicographic
more pondersome Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most pondersome Degree=Sup lexicographic

Synonyms

intriguing (thought-provoking)