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Adjective: brooding brooding- Deeply or seriously thoughtful
"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"
- broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative
Noun: brooding brooding- Sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body
- incubation - Persistent morbid meditation on a problem
- pensiveness
Verb: brood brood- Think moodily or anxiously about something
- dwell - Hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing
"The terrible vision brooded over her all day long"
- hover, loom, bulk large - Be in a huff and display one's displeasure
- sulk, pout - Be in a huff; be silent or sullen
- grizzle, stew - Sit on (eggs)
"Birds brood"
- hatch, cover, incubate
Derived forms: broodings See also: brooder, thoughtful Type of: birth, birthing, care, giving birth, hang, melancholy, multiply, parturition, procreate, reproduce, worry Encyclopedia: Brood Brooding |