brooding
English
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editbrooding (comparative more brooding, superlative most brooding)
- (of a bird) Broody; incubating eggs by sitting on them.
- A brooding hen can be aggressive.
- Deeply or seriously thoughtful.
- You like T. S. Eliot's "The Waste Land"? You must be so brooding and deep.
- 2020 November 1, Alan Young, “Sean Connery obituary: From delivering milk in Fountainbridge to the definitive James Bond”, in The Scotsman[1]:
- his brooding good looks and distinct Scottish brogue won him legions of fans worldwide.
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editdeeply or seriously thoughtful
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Verb
editbrooding
- present participle and gerund of brood
Noun
editbrooding (plural broodings)
- A spell of brooding; the time when someone broods.
- 2009 June 22, Jon Caramanica, “Once-Dreamy Indie Rockers, Masking Hurt With High-Gloss Sheen”, in New York Times[2]:
- The lyrics are different: gone are the dreamy, un-self-conscious proclamations of affection from the EP (which was reissued with additional tracks), replaced with vividly dark broodings, thick with doubt and fear.