Brooding — synonyms, definition

1. brooding (Adjective)

8 synonyms

broody contemplative meditative musing pensive pondering reflective ruminative

1 definition

brooding (Adjective) — Deeply or seriously thoughtful. ex. "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. brooding (Noun)

2 synonyms

incubation pensiveness

2 definitions

brooding (Noun) — Sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body.

brooding (Noun) — Persistent morbid meditation on a problem.

5 types of

birth birthing giving birth melancholy parturition

3. brooding (Verb)

11 synonyms

bulking large covering dwelling grizzling hatching hovering incubating looming pouting stewing sulking

5 definitions

brooding (Verb) — Think moodily or anxiously about something.

brooding (Verb) — Hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing. ex. "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long"

brooding (Verb) — Be in a huff and display one's displeasure. ex. "She is brooding because she didn't get what she wanted"

brooding (Verb) — Be in a huff; be silent or sullen.

brooding (Verb) — Sit on (eggs). ex. "Birds brood"

6 types of

caring hanging multiplying procreating reproducing worrying

3 types

dominating eclipsing overshadowing