brooding

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹuːdɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -uːdɪŋ

brooding (comparative more brooding, superlative most brooding)

1. (of a bird) Broody; incubating eggs by sitting on them.

   A brooding hen can be aggressive.

2. Deeply or seriously thoughtful.

   You like T. S. Eliot's "The Waste Land"? You must be so brooding and deep.

• broodingly
• broodingness

brooding

1. present participle of brood

brooding (plural broodings)

1. A spell of brooding; the time when someone broods.
   • 2009 June 22, Jon Caramanica, “Once-Dreamy Indie Rockers, Masking Hurt With High-Gloss Sheen”, in New York Times‎:

     The lyrics are different: gone are the dreamy, un-self-conscious proclamations of affection from the EP (which was reissued with additional tracks), replaced with vividly dark broodings, thick with doubt and fear.