brooding

comparative more brooding · superlative most brooding

1. Broody; incubating eggs by sitting on them.

   A brooding hen can be aggressive.

2. Deeply or seriously thoughtful.

   You like T. S. Eliot's "The Waste Land"? You must be so brooding and deep.

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   his brooding good looks and distinct Scottish brogue won him legions of fans worldwide.

   2020 November 1, Alan Young, “Sean Connery obituary: From delivering milk in Fountainbridge to the definitive James Bond”, in The Scotsman

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of brood

plural broodings

1. A spell of brooding; the time when someone broods.

   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.

   2009 June 22, Jon Caramanica, “Once-Dreamy Indie Rockers, Masking Hurt With High-Gloss Sheen”, in New York Times