Definition of Brooding
Brooding
Broo·ding
Definition/Meaning
(adjective)
Intensely thinking or worrying about something in a quiet and often gloomy way.
e.g. The brooding artist spent hours alone in his studio, lost in thought.
(adjective)
dark, somber, and menacing in appearance;
e.g. The abandoned mansion was brooding and crumbling.
(verb)
thinking deeply about something serious or something that makes one somber or unhappy;
e.g. He is still brooding over his failure.
(verb)
sitting on one's eggs in order to keep them warm so they can develop and hatch, used to describe bird behavior;
e.g. The mother hen is brooding her eggs.
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