Associations to the word «Brooding»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
BROODING, adjective. (of a bird) Broody; incubating eggs by sitting on them.
BROODING, adjective. Deeply or seriously thoughtful.
BROODING, verb. Present participle of brood
BROODING, noun. A spell of brooding; the time when someone broods.
Dictionary definition
BROODING, noun. Sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body.
BROODING, noun. Persistent morbid meditation on a problem.
BROODING, adjective. 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";.
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