BROODING as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • persistent morbid meditation on a problem
   Synonym(s)
   • pensiveness (what does pensiveness mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) brooding is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • melancholy (what does melancholy mean?)
2. Meaning
   • sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body
   Synonym(s)
   • incubation (what does incubation mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) brooding is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • parturition (what does parturition mean?)
   • birth (what does birth mean?)
   • giving birth (what does giving birth mean?)
   • birthing (what does birthing mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • brood (what does brood mean?)
   • hatch (what does hatch mean?)
   • cover (what does cover mean?)
   • incubate (what does incubate mean?)

BROODING as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • persistently or morbidly thoughtful
   Synonym(s)
   • broody (what does broody mean?)
   • contemplative (what does contemplative mean?)
   • meditative (what does meditative mean?)
   • musing (what does musing mean?)
   • pensive (what does pensive mean?)
   • pondering (what does pondering mean?)
   • reflective (what does reflective mean?)
   • ruminative (what does ruminative mean?)
   Similar To
   • thoughtful (what does thoughtful mean?)