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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024brood•ing /ˈbrudɪŋ/USA pronunciation adj. - Birdscausing a feeling of fear;
threatening:a dark, brooding scene.
n. [uncountable] - continual thinking about something for a long time, often with anger or resentment:Her brooding over her problems had gone on too long.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024brood•ing (bro̅o̅′ding),USA pronunciation adj. - preoccupied with depressing, morbid, or painful memories or thoughts:a brooding frame of mind.
- cast in subdued light so as to convey a somewhat threatening atmosphere:Dusk fell on the brooding hills.
- 1810–20 for def. 1; 1640–50 for def. 2; brood + -ing2
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