Brooding can be categorized as a noun, a verb and an adjective.
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"; | ||
Verb |
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| brood - sit on (eggs); "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs" | ||
| brood - think moodily or anxiously about something | ||
| brood - hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing; "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long" | ||
| brood - be in a huff and display one's displeasure; "She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted" | ||
| brood - be in a huff; be silent or sullen | ||
Noun |
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| brooding - sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body | ||
| brooding - persistent morbid meditation on a problem |
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| 1. | adj. | 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. | |
| 2. | adj. | He's the deep brooding type. | |
| 3. | adj. | Some secret sorrow, or the brooding spirit of some moody passion, had quenched the light and ingenuous vivacity of youth. | |
| 4. | noun | In the days of doubt, in the days of painful brooding over the fate of my fatherland you are my only support, my only solace, oh great, mighty, true and free Russian language! | |
| 5. | noun | Stop brooding. | |
| 6. | noun | The hen keeps her brood under her. | |
| 7. | noun | In a sunny spot stood a pleasant old farm-house close by a deep river, and from the house down to the water side grew great burdock leaves, so high, that under the tallest of them a little child could stand upright. The spot was as wild as the centre of a thick wood. In this snug retreat sat a duck on her nest, watching for her young brood to hatch; she was beginning to get tired of her task, for the little ones were a long time coming out of their shells, and she seldom had any visitors. | |
| 8. | noun | On the next day the weather was delightful, and the sun shone brightly on the green burdock leaves, so the mother duck took her young brood down to the water, and jumped in with a splash. | |
| 9. | noun | To arms I call my comrades, and defy / the loathsome brood to battle. | |
| 10. | noun | A brood mare is a female horse used for breeding. | |
| 11. | verb | The hen has been brooding its eggs for a week. | |
| 12. | verb | Dark clouds were brooding over the city. | |
| 13. | verb | He sat brooding over his troubles all day. | |
| 14. | verb | You are not brooding and existing in your own head. | |
| 15. | verb | Yet, silent as he was, I knew perfectly well what it was over which he was brooding. | |
| 16. | verb | When you're finished brooding, come on over and apologize for your part in the argument. | |
| 17. | verb | I was in my room, brooding over the missed opportunity. | |
| 18. | verb | Birds brood. |
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| adj. | |
| 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. |
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| He's the deep brooding type. | |
| Some secret sorrow, or the brooding spirit of some moody passion, had quenched the light and ingenuous vivacity of youth. | |
| noun | |
| In the days of doubt, in the days of painful brooding over the fate of my fatherland you are my only support, my only solace, oh great, mighty, true and free Russian language! | |
| Stop brooding. | |
| The hen keeps her brood under her. | |
| In a sunny spot stood a pleasant old farm-house close by a deep river, and from the house down to the water side grew great burdock leaves, so high, that under the tallest of them a little child could stand upright. The spot was as wild as the centre of a thick wood. In this snug retreat sat a duck on her nest, watching for her young brood to hatch; she was beginning to get tired of her task, for the little ones were a long time coming out of their shells, and she seldom had any visitors. | |
| On the next day the weather was delightful, and the sun shone brightly on the green burdock leaves, so the mother duck took her young brood down to the water, and jumped in with a splash. | |
| To arms I call my comrades, and defy / the loathsome brood to battle. | |
| A brood mare is a female horse used for breeding. | |
| verb | |
| The hen has been brooding its eggs for a week. | |
| Dark clouds were brooding over the city. | |
| He sat brooding over his troubles all day. | |
| You are not brooding and existing in your own head. | |
| Yet, silent as he was, I knew perfectly well what it was over which he was brooding. | |
| When you're finished brooding, come on over and apologize for your part in the argument. | |
| I was in my room, brooding over the missed opportunity. | |
| Birds brood. |
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