brooding

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ADJ.

all, dark, deep, deep, existing, finished, good, over

VERB + BROODING

back, clouds, get, sat, stop

BROODING + NOUN

agitates, city, corner, eggs, hen, moment, spirit

PREP.

in, in, on

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adj

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.

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.

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noun — persistent morbid meditation on a problem

pensiveness

noun — sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the bod

incubation

adjective — deeply or seriously thoughtful

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A brooding hen can be aggressive.

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You like T. S. Eliot's "The Waste Land"? You must be so brooding and deep.

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his brooding good looks and distinct Scottish brogue won him legions of fans worldwide.

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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 do

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The hen has been brooding its eggs for a week.

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Dark clouds were brooding over the city.

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