brooding
3
7.2
- noun
- /ˈbruːdɪŋ/
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reflexión
- My marriage failed too, mostly because of my brooding and drinking.
So yeah, as far as brooding, there's definitely a human equivalent of brooding.
- So yeah, as far as brooding, there's definitely a human equivalent of brooding.
Examples
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Her pride strangely cut, she turned for the window and fell to brooding.
Fiction book (1991) -
If a warrior is thwarted in the achievement of success, his brooding drives him to desperation.
Academic text (2010) -
In so doing, they are always also brooding on what it is like to read and write poems.
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Only the music could stir me from my sudden brooding.
Fiction book (1994) -
After several months of deep brooding, he realized that all the little things were why he'd loved her so.
Fiction book (1996) -
Ultimately, his film represents a culmination of his deep concern for humanity and his brooding about human life and mortality.
Academic text (2001) -
In the next few weeks, Marlen seemed to feed on Tully's brooding, to come slowly to life.
Fiction book (1991) -
After a moment, as though he felt the weight of her unspoken sympathy, he slanted a brooding look her way.
Fiction book (1995) -
Tia, startled out of her brooding, activated the exterior sensors.
Fiction book (1992) -
After the loss of his job, he spent hours in a state of brooding, reflecting on his failures and future.
Synonyms
46
3.2
A feeling of sadness and low spirits
20
4.9
A deep, long-lasting feeling of sadness
1
7.9
A quiet, gloomy mood that shows anger or hurt
1
8.4
A gloomy, unfriendly mood that makes a person quiet and hard to approach
A deep, quiet mood of sadness or serious thought
Antonyms
How Brooding
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Brooding also means to think sadly or worry again and again, and this sense comes from the image of a bird brood 'sitting' over its eggs, staying close and quiet. So to brood about a problem is to sit with dark thoughts, which is why brooding describes a gloomy, thoughtful mood.