Brooding

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːdɪŋ

Full definition of brooding

Adjective

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.

Verb

1. Present participle of brood

Noun

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, 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.