Brooding Synonyms

Sit on (eggs)
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. incubating
  2. sitting
  3. looming
  4. covering
  5. warming
  6. setting
  7. hatching
  8. hovering
Be in a huff; be silent or sullen
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. stewing
Sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. incubation
Persistent morbid meditation on a problem
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. pensiveness
Deeply or seriously thoughtful
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. broody
  2. musing
  3. pondering
  4. reflective
  5. ruminative
  6. contemplative
  7. meditative
  8. pensive

Words Related to Brooding

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Brooding Sentence Examples

  • The Darian he remembered had never been brooding or hesitant like this man.

  • She found him in the kitchen, brooding over a cup of coffee.

  • She was in a mood for brooding on the past.

  • This time the brows lowered to hover over brooding eyes.

  • Han stayed with her, not moving until two Guardians—a raven-haired man with a quick smile and a brooding blond—approached.

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