brooding
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(satellite adjective) persistently or morbidly thoughtful |
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Synonyms: broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative |
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(noun) sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body |
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Synonyms: incubation |
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Related Words: birth, birthing, giving birth, parturition |
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(satellite adjective) good at incubating eggs especially a fowl kept for that purpose; "a brood hen" |
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Synonyms: brood, hatching |
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(noun) persistent morbid meditation on a problem |
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Synonyms: pensiveness |
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Related Words: melancholy |
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