brooding

Meanings

• verb

  Engaging in deep thought or contemplation, often with feelings of worry or concern.

  - "He spent hours brooding over the decision."
  - "She sat in silence, brooding on her past mistakes."

• adjective

  Displaying or exhibiting a threatening or ominous appearance, as if deep in thought or contemplation.

  - "The brooding hen sat on her eggs."
  - "The brooding storm clouds gathered on the horizon."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with brooding
mooding , cruising , prudging , improving

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Variants

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brooding , broodingly , brood , brooded , broods

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Forms

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past tense: brooded, brooding; past participle: brooded, brooding

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Etymology

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Old English brūtan 'to sit, brood', from brūtan 'to sit, dwell, abide'; related to brūtan 'to breed, bring up'.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'brooding hen' refers to a hen that is incubating her eggs.

2. The word 'brooding' is related to the word 'breed'.

3. In Shakespeare's 'Macbeth', Lady Macbeth urges her husband to 'look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under it.'

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Related Concepts

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1. Introspection: The act of examining one's own thoughts and feelings.

2. Melancholy: A feeling of sadness, typically with no apparent cause.

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Culture

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Brooding is a common theme in literature, particularly in works dealing with introspection, melancholy, or contemplation. It has also been used as a symbol of danger or menace in various art forms, such as paintings and films.

How to Memorize "brooding"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a person deep in thought, with furrowed brows and a serious expression.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word with the image of a storm cloud, gathering intensity and threat.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the acronym B-R-O-O-D-I-N-G: Brooding Requires Open, Intense, Deep, Inward, Navel-gazing Thought.

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