brooding

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English

brooding

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Adjective

brooding (comparative more brooding, superlative most brooding)

  1. (of a bird) 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.
    • 2020 November 1, Alan Young, “Sean Connery obituary: From delivering milk in Fountainbridge to the definitive James Bond”, in The Scotsman‎:
      his brooding good looks and distinct Scottish brogue won him legions of fans worldwide.

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Verb

brooding

  1. present participle and gerund of brood

Noun

brooding (plural broodings)

  1. A spell of brooding; the time when someone broods.
    • 2009 June 22, Jon Caramanica, “Once-Dreamy Indie Rockers, Masking Hurt With High-Gloss Sheen”, in New York Times‎:
      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.

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