Definitions for brooding
Overview of noun brooding
The noun brooding has 2 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (1) brooding, incubation
(sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body)
2. (1) pensiveness, brooding
(persistent morbid meditation on a problem)
Overview of verb brood
The verb brood has 5 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (5) brood, dwell
(think moodily or anxiously about something)
2. (1) brood, hover, loom, bulk large
(hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing; "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long")
3. sulk, pout, brood
(be in a huff and display one's displeasure; "She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted")
4. grizzle, brood, stew
(be in a huff; be silent or sullen)
5. brood, hatch, cover, incubate
(sit on (eggs); "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs")
Overview of adj brooding
The adj brooding has 1 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (3) brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative
(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";)
