brooding

Broody; incubating eggs by sitting on them.

Adjective

  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.
    • 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...

Forms

more brooding most brooding

Derived

broodingly broodingness unbrooding

Noun

  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. -...

Forms

broodings

Derived

mouthbrooding

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of brood