brooding: words & expression meanings, synonyms, definition, antonyms, examples of usage, similar terms from the free dictionary www.dictometer.com/brooding

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Noun
Verb
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Adverb

BROODING

(brood, brooding, cría, oppdragelse)

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2 senses for brooding as a Noun:

Synonyms:
- Brooding
- Incubation
Definitions:
- sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body
Synonyms:
- Pensiveness
- Brooding
Definitions:
- persistent morbid meditation on a problem

5 senses for brood as a Verb:

Synonyms:
- Brood
- Dwell
Definitions:
- think moodily or anxiously about something
Synonyms:
- Brood
- Hover
- Loom
- Bulk large
Definitions:
- hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing
Examples:
- The terrible vision brooded over her all day long
Synonyms:
- Sulk
- Pout
- Brood
Definitions:
- be in a huff and display one's displeasure
Examples:
- She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted
Synonyms:
- Grizzle
- Brood
- Stew
Definitions:
- be in a huff
- be silent or sullen
Synonyms:
- Brood
- Hatch
- Cover
- Incubate
Definitions:
- sit on (eggs)
Examples:
- Birds brood
- The female covers the eggs

1 sense for brooding as an Adjective:

Synonyms:
- Brooding
- Broody
- Contemplative
- Meditative
- Musing
- Pensive
- Pondering
- Reflective
- Ruminative
Definitions:
- deeply or seriously thoughtful
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
Antonyms:
- Thoughtless

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