Brooding
/ˈbɹuːdɪŋ/ adj, noun, verb
adj, noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A spell of brooding; the time when someone broods.
"The lyrics are different: gone are the dreamy, un-self-conscious proclamations of affection from the EP (which was reissued with additional tracks), replaced with vividly dark broodings, thick with doubt and fear."
- 2 persistent morbid meditation on a problem wordnet
- 3 sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body wordnet
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of brood form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
- 1 Broody; incubating eggs by sitting on them.
"A brooding hen can be aggressive."
- 2 Deeply or seriously thoughtful.
"You like T. S. Eliot's "The Waste Land"? You must be so brooding and deep."
Adjective
- 1 deeply or seriously thoughtful wordnet
Example
More examples"The hen has been brooding its eggs for a week."