brooding — Английский словарь

Прилагательное

1. Broody; incubating eggs by sitting on them.

   Употребление

   • of a bird

   Примеры

   A brooding hen can be aggressive.

2. Deeply or seriously thoughtful.

   Примеры

   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.

Существительное

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

   Примеры

   Другие примеры (1)

   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.

Прилагательное

1. deeply or seriously thoughtful

   Синонимы

   broodycontemplativemeditativemusingpensiveponderingreflectiveruminative

   Примеры

   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

Существительное

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

   Синонимы

   incubation

   Более общие понятия

   parturitionbirthgiving birthbirthing

2. persistent morbid meditation on a problem

   Синонимы

   pensiveness

   Более общие понятия

   melancholy