Definition of Brooding

Adjective: brooding  broo-ding

1. 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  broo-ding

1. Sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body
   - incubation
    
2. Persistent morbid meditation on a problem
   - pensiveness

Verb: brood  brood

1. Think moodily or anxiously about something
   - dwell
    
2. Hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing
   "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long";
   - hover, loom, bulk large
    
3. Be in a huff and display one's displeasure
   "She is brooding because she didn't get what she wanted";
   - sulk, pout
    
4. Be in a huff; be silent or sullen
   - grizzle, stew
    
5. Sit on (eggs)
   "Birds brood";
   - hatch, cover, incubate

See also:
broodinesses
broodingly

Anagrams containing the word brooding

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