Definition of brooding Brooding
/bɹuˈdɪŋ/ - [bruding] -
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What does brooding mean?
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NounPlural: broodings |
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| brooding - sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body | ||
| incubation | ||
| birthing, giving birth, parturition, birth the process of giving birth | ||
| brooding - persistent morbid meditation on a problem | ||
| pensiveness | ||
| melancholy a feeling of thoughtful sadness | ||
Adjective |
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| 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 | ||
| thoughtful considerate of the feelings or well-being of others | ||
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- brooding (Noun)
A spell of brooding; the time when someone broods. - brooding (Verb)
Present participle of brood. - brooding (Adjective)
Broody; incubating eggs by sitting on them. - brooding (Adjective)
Deeply or seriously thoughtful.
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- brooding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Brood
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brooding
Incubating eggs by sitting on them.
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