BROODING
Scrabble letter values: B3R1O1O1D2I1N1G2 = 12
Definition
- adjective deeply or seriously thoughtful. — synonyms: broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative
- noun sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body. — synonyms: incubation
- noun persistent morbid meditation on a problem. — synonyms: pensiveness
Examples
- “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”
- “In some species of birds, both the mother and father brood the eggs.”
- “Under the rock was a midshipman fish, brooding a mass of eggs.”