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brood·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
brooding, incubationnoun
sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body
Synonyms:
incubation, pensivenessAntonyms:
thoughtlesspensiveness, broodingadjective
persistent morbid meditation on a problem
Synonyms:
meditativeness, pensiveness, contemplativeness, incubationAntonyms:
thoughtlessbrooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminativeadjective
deeply or seriously thoughtful
"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";
Synonyms:
contemplative, meditative, pensive, wistful, broody, reflective, ruminative, musing, ponderingAntonyms:
thoughtless
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#12135 | reflective | |
#20509 | incubation | |
#25681 | brood | |
#34202 | pondering | |
#41189 | contemplative | |
#42036 | brooding | |
#43276 | musing | |
#44634 | meditative | |
#60207 | pensive | |
#63611 | wistful | |
#167741 | broody |
How to use brooding in a sentence?
A great preservative against angry and mutinous thoughts, and all impatience and quarreling, is to have some great business and interest in your mind, which, like a sponge shall suck up your attention and keep you from brooding over what displeases you.
No brooding over old worries, let's start a new series. Forget about all the negativities, think of new possibilities. Here to conquering a new frontier, that's all I wish in the upcoming new year.
The best cure for worry, depression, melancholy, brooding, is to go deliberately forth and try to lift with one's sympathy the gloom of somebody else.
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