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contemplatingverbpresent participle of contemplate to give serious and careful thought toshe contemplated the problem for several hours before reaching a decision chewing over, cogitating, considering, debating, deliberating, entertaining, eyeing(or eying), kicking around, meditating, mulling (over), perpending, pondering, poring (over), questioning, revolving, ruminating, studying, thinking (about or over), turning, weighing, wrestling (with) musing (upon), reflecting (on or upon), reminiscinganalyzing, exploring, reviewingconcluding, reasoningsecond-guessing, speculating (about)brooding (about or over), dwelling (on or upon), fixating (on or upon), fretting (about or over), obsessing (about or over)believing, conceiving, opiningabsorbing, assimilating, digesting, drinking (in) beating one's brains out (about), chewing on, cudgeling one's brains (about), looking at disregarding, ignoring, overlooking, slightingdismissing, pooh-poohing(also poohing), rejecting to have in mind as a purpose or goalhe waited patiently, contemplating revenge all the while aiming, allowing(chiefly Southern & Midland), aspiring, calculating, designing, going(chiefly Southern & Midland), intending, looking, meaning, meditating, planning, proposing, purporting, purposing dreaming, hoping, wishingconsidering, debating, mulling (over), ponderingattempting, endeavoring, striving, struggling, tryingplotting, schemingaccomplishing, achieving, effecting, executing, performing figuring on |