brooding
Meaning of brooding
- engaged in or showing deep thought about something that makes one sad, angry, or worried.
he stared with brooding eyes
- think deeply about something that makes one unhappy, angry, or worried.
she had brooded over the subject a thousand times
- (of a bird) sit on (eggs) to hatch them.
the male pheasant-tailed jacana takes over once the eggs are laid and broods them
Old English brōd, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch broed and German Brut, also to breed. The verb was originally used with an object, i.e. ‘to nurse (feelings) in the mind’ (late 16th century), a figurative use of the idea of a hen nursing chicks under her wings.
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Hyphenation of brooding
brood-ing
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- brooding is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
brooding synonyms
Meaning broody:
broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative
Meaning incubation:
Meaning pensiveness:
Meaning think about (something) carefully, especially before making a decision or reaching a conclusion:
Meaning look thoughtfully for a long time at:
Meaning (of a bird) sit on (eggs) in order to keep them warm and bring them to hatching:
Meaning put something on top of or in front of (something), especially in order to protect or conceal it:
Meaning a door in an aircraft, spacecraft, or submarine:
Translation of brooding
- German: brütend
Words that rhyme with brooding
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