1. 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";
   - broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative

1. Sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body
   "The hen's brooding lasted for three weeks";
   - incubation
    
2. Persistent morbid meditation on a problem
   "Her constant brooding over the incident was affecting her work";
   - pensiveness

1. Sit on (eggs)
   "Birds brood";
   - hatch, cover, incubate
    
2. Think moodily or anxiously about something
   "She brooded over her mistakes";
   - dwell, dwell on
    
3. Remain in a state of gloomy displeasure or resentment
   "She is brooding because she didn't get what she wanted";
   - sulk, pout, grizzle [informal], stew [informal]

Derived forms: broodings

See also: thoughtful

Type of: birth, birthing, care, experience, feel, giving birth, melancholy, multiply, parturition, procreate, reproduce, worry

Encyclopedia: Brooding