brooding en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈbɹuːdɪŋ/
- (Southern-England) audio
Meanings
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(of a bird) Broody; incubating eggs by sitting on them.
A brooding hen can be aggressive.
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Deeply or seriously thoughtful.
You like T. S. Eliot's "The Waste Land"? You must be so brooding and deep.
his brooding good looks and distinct Scottish brogue won him legions of fans worldwide.
2020 November 1, Alan Young, “Sean Connery obituary: From delivering milk in Fountainbridge to the definitive James Bond”, in The Scotsman:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most brooding | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more brooding | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
broodingly · broodingness · unbrooding
Translations (16)
it malinconico (deeply or seriously thoughtful) · de grübelnd (deeply or seriously thoughtful) · he מהורהר mehurhar (deeply or seriously thoughtful) · es cabizbajo (deeply or seriously thoughtful) · fr méditatif (deeply or seriously thoughtful) · eo moroza (deeply or seriously thoughtful) · cs přemýšlivý (deeply or seriously thoughtful) · de grüblerisch (deeply or seriously thoughtful) · cs hloubavý (deeply or seriously thoughtful) · ro îngândurat (deeply or seriously thoughtful) · el κατηφής (deeply or seriously thoughtful) · pt meditativo (deeply or seriously thoughtful) · it meditabondo (deeply or seriously thoughtful) · it cupo (deeply or seriously thoughtful) · el μελαγχολικός (deeply or seriously thoughtful) · es meditativo (deeply or seriously thoughtful)