musing

[ myoo-zing ]

adjective

1. absorbed in thought; meditative.

noun

1. contemplation; reflection.

Other Words From

• musing·ly adverb
• un·musing adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of musing¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English; muse, -ing ¹, -ing ²

Example Sentences

During his campaign, Trump flirted with those boundaries, repeatedly musing about using the military to go after domestic political opponents, or to aid in mass deportations of illegal immigrants.

From Los Angeles Times

The next year, after Trump’s defeat, he ended Peril by musing, “What is your country? What has it become under Trump?”

From Slate

That’s a place where Johnson spends much of his day musing.

From Los Angeles Times

That fall, he went to Venice to screen both his philosophical animated musing “Waking Life” and his gritty adaptation of Stephen Belber’s play “Tape.”

From Los Angeles Times

That leads to scenarios like Ursula von der Leyen, the head of the powerful European Commission, musing in recent days about a potential coalition alliance between her party, now the legislature’s largest, and that of far-right Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who came to power in her home country via a political movement with neo-fascist roots.

From Los Angeles Times