brooding

Letters that make brooding

o, b, d, g, n, r, i are letters that make 'brooding'

Words within brooding

rood, ding, OD, brood, BR, ng, Ro, in, din, IN, Odin, Br, In are words within 'brooding'


3 possible definitions for 'brooding'

Brooding as "persistent morbid meditation on a problem"

Under this definition, brooding is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

pensiveness has the same meaning as brooding

brooding as a type

'brooding' can be a type of melancholy.

Derivatives of brooding

pensive, reflective, pondering, brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, ruminative are derivatives of 'brooding'.


Brooding as "sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body"

Under this definition, brooding is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

incubation has the same meaning as brooding

brooding as a type

'brooding' can be a type of birth, parturition, giving birth, birthing.

Derivatives of brooding

incubate, hatch, brood, cover are derivatives of 'brooding'.


Brooding as "deeply or seriously thoughtful,"

Under this definition, brooding is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

pensive, reflective, pondering, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, ruminative have the same meaning as 'brooding'

Derivatives of brooding

pensiveness, meditativeness, reflectiveness, reflectivity, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, reflect, ruminate, speculate, brooding, contemplativeness, contemplate, mull, chew over, mull over, study, muse are derivatives of 'brooding'.

Similar to brooding

thoughtful is similar to brooding.

Example of brooding used within this context

"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"



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