Brooding Definition

adjective

(of a bird) Broody; incubating eggs by sitting on them.

A brooding hen can be aggressive.
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Deeply or seriously thoughtful.

You like T. S. Eliot's "The Waste Land"? You must be so brooding and deep.
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verb

Present participle of brood.

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noun

A spell of brooding; the time when someone broods.

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Other Word Forms of Brooding

Noun

Singular:
brooding
Plural:
broodings

Brooding Sentence Examples

  • The Darian he remembered had never been brooding or hesitant like this man.

  • She found him in the kitchen, brooding over a cup of coffee.

  • She was in a mood for brooding on the past.

  • This time the brows lowered to hover over brooding eyes.

  • Han stayed with her, not moving until two Guardians—a raven-haired man with a quick smile and a brooding blond—approached.

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Words Starting With

BBRBRO

Words Ending With

GNGING

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Words Starting With B and Ending With G

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