Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of noun brooding

Sense 1

brooding, incubation

=> parturition, birth, giving birth, birthing

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Sense 2

pensiveness, brooding

=> melancholy

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Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb brood

Sense 1

brood, worry, dwell

=> chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate

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Sense 2

brood, hover, loom, bulk large

=> hang

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Sense 3

sulk, pout, brood

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Sense 4

sulk, grizzle, brood, stew

=> be

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Sense 5

brood, hatch, cover, incubate

=> reproduce, procreate, multiply

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Similarity of adj brooding

2 senses of brooding

Sense 1

brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative

=> thoughtful (vs. thoughtless)

Sense 2

brood, brooding, hatching

=> oviparous (vs. ovoviviparous) (vs. viviparous)

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The antonym (opposite) is rejoice. The other 4 may be synonyms.

To brood or to mull over thoughts in a melancholic manner.

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