Top synonyms for “brooding”: broody, contemplative, incubation, meditative, musing, pensive, pensiveness, pondering, and 3 more below.
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- (noun)persistent morbid meditation on a problem
- (noun)sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body
- (adjective)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”
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Common synonyms for "brooding" include broody, contemplative, incubation, meditative, musing, pensive. Our thesaurus lists 11 total alternatives drawn from Princeton WordNet. Click any synonym to find its rhymes.
What does "brooding" mean?
persistent morbid meditation on a problem
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