brooding

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbɹuːdɪŋ/

Adjective

brooding

1. (of a bird) 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.

Translations

• German: grüblerisch
• Italian: malinconico, meditabondo, cupo
• Spanish: meditativo

Verb

1. present participle of brood#English|brood

Noun

brooding (plural broodings)

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

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