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Brooding meaning

What does “brooding” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“brooding” is a noun and adjective with 3 meanings. Its most common meaning is: sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body.

brooding

noun

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

    Synonymsincubation

  2. persistent morbid meditation on a problem

    Synonymspensiveness

adjective

  1. 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”

    Synonymsbroodycontemplativemeditativemusingpensiveponderingreflectiveruminative

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University

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