Brooding Meaning

There are 3 meaning(s) for word Brooding

Meaning 1 : deeply or seriously thoughtful

    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
Meaning 2 : persistent morbid meditation on a problem

    Synonyms : pensiveness
Meaning 3 : sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body

    Synonyms : incubation