"brooding" meaning in English

See brooding in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈbɹuːdɪŋ/ Forms: more brooding [comparative], most brooding [superlative]
Rhymes: -uːdɪŋ Head templates: {{en-adj}} brooding (comparative more brooding, superlative most brooding)
  1. (of a bird) Broody; incubating eggs by sitting on them.
    Sense id: en-brooding-en-adj-kWx9rDT2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 8 19 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 64 3 21 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 68 2 21 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 73 2 19 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 61 12 13 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 68 5 15 12 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 64 5 17 13 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 65 8 14 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 63 5 17 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 62 12 13 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 67 6 15 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 58 15 10 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 62 12 13 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 71 4 15 10
  2. Deeply or seriously thoughtful. Categories (topical): Thinking Translations (deeply or seriously thoughtful): přemýšlivý [masculine] (Czech), hloubavý [masculine] (Czech), moroza (Esperanto), méditatif [masculine] (French), grüblerisch (German), grübelnd (German), μελαγχολικός (melancholikós) [masculine] (Greek), κατηφής (katifís) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), מהורהר mehurhar (Hebrew), malinconico (Italian), meditabondo (Italian), cupo (Italian), meditativo (Portuguese), îngândurat (Romanian), meditativo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-brooding-en-adj-VHuAhyuf Disambiguation of Thinking: 17 55 13 15 Disambiguation of 'deeply or seriously thoughtful': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: broodingly, broodingness, unbrooding

Noun

IPA: /ˈbɹuːdɪŋ/ Forms: broodings [plural]
Rhymes: -uːdɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} brooding (plural broodings)
  1. A spell of brooding; the time when someone broods. Derived forms: mouthbrooding
    Sense id: en-brooding-en-noun-orvarOWl

Verb

IPA: /ˈbɹuːdɪŋ/
Rhymes: -uːdɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} brooding
  1. present participle and gerund of brood Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: brood
    Sense id: en-brooding-en-verb-hwzc05Jr

Inflected forms

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