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Synonymer till brooding

adjektiv

  1. (deeply or seriously thoughtful) broody; contemplative; meditative; musing; pensive; pondering; reflective; ruminative; brooding

substantiv

  1. (sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body) incubation; brooding
  2. (persistent morbid meditation on a problem) pensiveness; brooding

verb

  1. (think moodily or anxiously about something) brood; dwell; brooding
  2. (hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing) brood; hover; loom; bulk large; brooding
  3. (be in a huff and display one's displeasure) sulk; pout; brood; brooding
  4. (be in a huff; be silent or sullen) grizzle; brood; stew; brooding
  5. (sit on (eggs)) brood; hatch; cover; incubate; brooding