brooding

brooding is a 8-letter English word with 4 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Brood. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. present participle. of Brood
2. noun. persistent morbid meditation on a problem

   Synonyms: pensiveness

3. noun. sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body

   Synonyms: incubation

4. adjective. 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: broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative

Synonyms

pensiveness, incubation, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative

Common word forms

brood, broodingly

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