Brooding

Definition of Brooding
Noun

1. brooding, incubation (sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body)

2. pensiveness, brooding (persistent morbid meditation on a problem)

Verb

1. brood, dwell (think moodily or anxiously about something)

2. brood, hover, loom, bulk large (hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing) "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long"

3. sulk, pout, brood (be in a huff and display one's displeasure) "She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted"

4. grizzle, brood, stew (be in a huff; be silent or sullen)

5. brood, hatch, cover, incubate (sit on (eggs)) "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs"

Adjective

1. brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative (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";

Adjectives for Brooding
subsequent; bitter; melancholy; constant; maternal; superstitious; concentrated; fruitless; dreary; despondent.