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ruminating

ADJECTIVE
grazing
Synonyms
STRONG
battening biting champing cropping eating feeding foraging gnawing masticating munching nibbling pasturing uprooting
ADJECTIVE
pensive
Synonyms
STRONGEST
contemplative dreamy sober thoughtful wistful
WEAK
absorbed abstracted attentive cogitative grave musing pondering preoccupied reflecting reflective ruminative serious speculative thinking withdrawn
Antonyms
STRONGEST
negligent uncaring
WEAK
ignorant shallow
ADJECTIVE
thinking
Synonyms
STRONG
absorbed contemplative deliberating engrossed
WEAK
cogitative deliberative introspective meditative pensive philosophical reflective ruminative
Antonyms
STRONG
bored disinterested uninterested
WEAK
brainless dumb irrational stupid unintelligent vacuous
NOUN
abstraction
Synonyms
STRONG
absorption aloofness brooding cogitation consideration contemplation daydreaming detachment engrossment entrancement musing pensiveness preoccupation reflection remoteness reverie thinking trance
WEAK
pondering reflecting
Antonyms
STRONG
disdain disregard ignorance neglect

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