Definition of brooding

"brooding" in the noun sense

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

"brooding" in the verb sense

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"

"brooding" in the adjective sense

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"

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Quotations for brooding

Yet all I've learnt from hours rife
With painful brooding here,
Is, that amid this mortal strife.
The lapse of every year
But takes away a hope from life.
And adds to death a fear. [ Hoffman ]

The devil lies brooding in the miser's chest. [ Proverb ]

Emulation is active virtue; envy is brooding malice. [ Ouida ]

Action is the parent of results; dormancy, the brooding mother of discontent. [ Miss Mulock ]

brooding in Scrabble®

The word brooding is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters brooding:

BROODING
(126)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

dooring

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word brooding

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In brooding

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(117)
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(86 = 36 + 50)
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brooding in Words With Friends™

The word brooding is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 15

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters brooding:

BROODING
(114)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

dooring

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word brooding

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In brooding

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Words within the letters of brooding

2 letter words in brooding (7 words)

5 letter words in brooding (11 words)

6 letter words in brooding (6 words)

7 letter words in brooding (1 word)

8 letter words in brooding (1 word)

brooding + 1 blank (1 word)

Words containing the sequence brooding

Words that start with brooding (2 words)

Words with brooding in them (1 word)

Words that end with brooding (2 words)

Word Growth involving brooding

Shorter words in brooding

rood brood

in din ding

Longer words containing brooding

broodingly

unbrooding