Brooding

//ˈbɹuːdɪŋ//

Synonyms for "brooding" (63 found)

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Closest matches (13)

Adjective(4 words)

augurous baleful bodeful boding

Adjective(2 words)

broody contemplative

chapfallen consideration contemplation counsel covering crestfallen deliberation

Strong matches (19)

Adjective(10 words)

dire disastrous fatal foreboding ill-boding ill-fated ill-omened ill-starred inauspicate inauspicious

glum greatness grum long faced lucubration meditation meditative

Noun(1 words)

incubation

Adjective(1 words)

meditative

Related words (31)

moody mopey moping morose overcast pensiveness pregnancy reflection sitting speculation study sullen taciturn thought thoughtful

Adjective(5 words)

musing pensive pondering reflective ruminative

Adjective(10 words)

nefastous omenic ominous portentous presageful presagious prodigious sinister star-crossed sullen

Noun(1 words)

pensiveness

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

5 entries

birth birthing giving birth melancholy parturition

Synonyms

2 entries

meditative pensiveness

derived

4 entries

broodingly broodingness mouthbrooding unbrooding

form of

1 entries

brood

is a

2 entries

biological reproduction parturition

related to

3 entries

brood broody thoughtful

similar

1 entries

thoughtful

Translations

18 translations across 10 languages.

Czech

2 entries

hloubavý adj (deeply or seriously thoughtful)
přemýšlivý adj (deeply or seriously thoughtful)

Esperanto

2 entries

moroza adj (deeply or seriously thoughtful)
cerbumado noun (in a resentful manner)

French

1 entries

méditatif adj (deeply or seriously thoughtful)

German

2 entries

grübelnd adj (deeply or seriously thoughtful)
grüblerisch adj (deeply or seriously thoughtful)

Greek

2 entries

κατηφής adj (deeply or seriously thoughtful)
μελαγχολικός adj (deeply or seriously thoughtful)

Hebrew

1 entries

מהורהר mehurhar adj (deeply or seriously thoughtful)

Italian

3 entries

cupo adj (deeply or seriously thoughtful)
malinconico adj (deeply or seriously thoughtful)
meditabondo adj (deeply or seriously thoughtful)

Portuguese

1 entries

meditativo adj (deeply or seriously thoughtful)

Romanian

1 entries

îngândurat adj (deeply or seriously thoughtful)

Spanish

3 entries

cabizbajo adj (deeply or seriously thoughtful)
meditativo adj (deeply or seriously thoughtful)
melancolía noun (in a resentful manner)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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The hen has been brooding its eggs for a week.

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Dark clouds were brooding over the city.

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He sat brooding over his troubles all day.

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He's the deep brooding type.

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