brooding — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Broody; incubating eggs by sitting on them.

   Usage

   • of a bird

   Examples

   A brooding hen can be aggressive.

2. Deeply or seriously thoughtful.

   Examples

   You like T. S. Eliot's "The Waste Land"? You must be so brooding and deep.

   his brooding good looks and distinct Scottish brogue won him legions of fans worldwide.

Noun

1. A spell of brooding; the time when someone broods.

   Examples

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   The lyrics are different: gone are the dreamy, un-self-conscious proclamations of affection from the EP (which was reissued with additional tracks), replaced with vividly dark broodings, thick with doubt and fear.

Adjective

1. deeply or seriously thoughtful

   Synonyms

   broodycontemplativemeditativemusingpensiveponderingreflectiveruminative

   Examples

   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

Noun

1. sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body

   Synonyms

   incubation

   Broader terms

   parturitionbirthgiving birthbirthing

2. persistent morbid meditation on a problem

   Synonyms

   pensiveness

   Broader terms

   melancholy