brooding

brooding has 4 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• p. pr. & vb. n.. of Brood
• n.. persistent morbid meditation on a problem
• n.. sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body
• a.. 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";