| ADJECTIVE | all | brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative | deeply or seriously thoughtful |
|---|---|---|---|
| NOUN | process | brooding, incubation | sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body |
| feeling | brooding, pensiveness | persistent morbid meditation on a problem |
| Sounds | bruw'dihng | |
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| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | Deeply or seriously thoughtful. | |
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| Example | "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 | |
| Broader | thoughtful | Exhibiting or characterized by careful thought |
| Spanish | contemplativo, meditativo, pensativo | |
| Catalan | pensatiu | |
| Meaning | Sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | incubation | |
| Broader | parturition, birth, giving birth, birthing | The process of giving birth |
| Spanish | incubación | |
| Catalan | incubació | |
| Meaning | persistent morbid meditation on a problem. | |
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| Synonym | pensiveness | |
| Broader | melancholy | A feeling of thoughtful sadness |
| Spanish | abstracción, ensimismamiento | |
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