broodingly
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7.1
- adverb
- /ˈbruːdɪŋli/
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pensativamente
- We see Daddy lying wide awake in a single bed, staring broodingly out into space.
- stared broodingly
This is the type of narcissism that is more sullen, resentful, broodingly, angry, aggrieved, passive aggressive.
- This is the type of narcissism that is more sullen, resentful, broodingly, angry, aggrieved, passive aggressive.
Examples
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Jonathan stared broodingly at the old photographs, reflecting on his past.
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The streets were still quiet, and the sky broodingly dark.
Blog text (23) -
But that girl!" She sat with her hands on her knees, looking broodingly at nothing for a moment.
Fiction book (1990) -
Penny is taking a bath in the tub in the kitchen while Barris broodingly cooks dinner at the stove.
Fiction book (2002) -
This is the type of narcissism that is more sullen, resentful, broodingly, angry, aggrieved, passive aggressive.
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This is the type of narcissism that is more sullen, resentful, broodingly, angry, aggrieved, passive aggressive.
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Indoor lighting, Jazz thought broodingly, is never natural lighting, but one hundred million varieties and combinations of every kind of artificial illumination ever invented, from a bare lightbulb to the most advanced strobe.
Fiction book (1990) -
She sat broodingly on the park bench, lost in her thoughts.
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He looked broodingly at the clouds, pondering what the future might hold.
Synonyms
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5.8
In a sad, quiet way that shows someone is unhappy
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5.5
In a serious and sad way
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7.0
In a quiet, serious way that shows deep thought and a little sadness
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4.1
In a sad way that shows no hope
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4.6
In a sad way that shows a person is sorry
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6.0
In a sad or gloomy way that shows someone is unhappy
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6.8
In a quiet, thoughtful way
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7.2
In a quiet way that shows someone is thinking hard
In a slow, thoughtful way
In a sad and thoughtful way
In a very sad, gloomy way
Antonyms
How Brooding
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Broodingly comes from the verb brood, which once described a bird 'sitting on eggs' to keep them warm; a helpful way to remember the thinking sense is to imagine a person 'sitting on' heavy thoughts like a hen on her eggs. So, to look broodingly means to show deep, serious, or gloomy thought.