brooding

brood

B0501900 (bro͞od)n.1. The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds hatched at one time and cared for together.2. The children in one family.v. brood·ed, brood·ing, broods v.intr.1. a. To focus the attention on a subject persistently and moodily; worry: brooded about his future; brooded over the insult for several days.b. To be depressed: All he seemed to do was sit and brood.2. a. To sit on or hatch eggs.b. To protect developing eggs or young.3. To hover envelopingly; hang: Mist brooded over the moor.v.tr.1. To think about (something) persistently or moodily: brooded that her work might come to nothing.2. a. To sit on or hatch (eggs).b. To protect (developing eggs or young).adj. Kept for breeding: a brood hen.

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[Middle English, from Old English brōd; see bhreu- in Indo-European roots.]

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brood′ing·ly adv.Synonyms: brood, dwell, fret¹, mope, worry
These verbs mean to turn something over in the mind moodily and at length: brooding about his decline in popularity; dwelled on her defeat; fretted over the loss of his job; moping about his illness; worrying about the unpaid bills.

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Noun	1.	brooding - sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the bodyincubationbirthing, giving birth, parturition, birth - the process of giving birth
	2.	brooding - persistent morbid meditation on a problempensivenessmelancholy - a feeling of thoughtful sadness
Adj.	1.	brooding - 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";contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative, broodythoughtful - exhibiting or characterized by careful thought; "a thoughtful paper"

brooding

adjective gloomy, troubled, depressed, moody, glum, dejected, despondent, downcast, morose A heavy, brooding silence descended on them.

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