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brooding::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | incubation |
| Type of | birth, birthing, giving birth, parturition |
brooding::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | pensiveness |
| Type of | melancholy |
brooding::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Synonyms | broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative |
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.
Examples of brooding
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In their brooding solos, Amber Star Merkens and Noah Vinson compelled attention.
From the sfgate.com
Ours, the sole witness to the carnage, stood untouched like a brooding sentinel.
From the telegraph.co.uk
In conversation Adebimpe doesn't come across as the brooding contemplative type.
From the chron.com
The bench, instead of brooding, stayed in the game, cheering lively all the way.
From the sltrib.com
Pulling my canoe up in Beynac, I hiked up to the brooding, cliff-hanging castle.
From the chron.com
Of course, history is often the brooding and ignored stepchild of policy debate.
From the guardian.co.uk
I wonder if it's just me being forgetful or I'm just brooding over this as well.
From the psychcentral.com
But birthdays shouldn't be occasions for brooding over slights and ingratitiude.
From the latimes.com
Fassbender, clipped and brooding, exudes the charisma of a younger Ralph Fiennes.
From the telegraph.co.uk
- 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";
- Sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body
- Pensiveness: persistent morbid meditation on a problem
- Incubation is the process by which birds hatch their eggs, and to the development of the embryo within the egg. The most vital factor of incubation is the constant temperature required for its development over a specific period. ...
- (broodingly) In a brooding manner
- (brooded (adj)) Having the confirmed ability to breed
- (Brooded) The female crustacean looks after the eggs while they develop, usually under an abdominal flap.
- When adult birds sit on the young to keep them warm.
- Early period of growth when supplemental heat must be provided, due to the birds inability to generate enough body heat.
