Meaning & Definition of Brooding in English
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Brooding
/brudɪŋ/
noun
1. Sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body
synonym:
- brooding,
- incubation
2. Persistent morbid meditation on a problem
synonym:
- pensiveness,
- brooding
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"
synonym:
- brooding,
- broody,
- contemplative,
- meditative,
- musing,
- pensive,
- pondering,
- reflective,
- ruminative