Brooding is used to describe an atmosphere or feeling that makes you feel anxious or slightly afraid. The same heavy, brooding silence descended on them
the development of larvae within the gastrovascular cavity of an adult coral polyp
sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body persistently or morbidly thoughtful
If someone's expression or appearance is brooding, they look as if they are thinking deeply and seriously about something, especially something that is making them unhappy. She kissed him and gazed into his dark, brooding eyes
Describes the impression of a dense wine that may be slightly closed in aroma, or a big mouthfeel that may be a bit dumb at presenteither or both the nose and mouth of a wine that gives
the young of an animal cared for at one time sit on (eggs); "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs" think moodily or anxiously about something hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing; "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long
If someone broods over something, they think about it a lot, seriously and often unhappily. She constantly broods about her family I continued to brood. Would he always be like this?
To have the mind dwell continuously or moodily on a subject; to think long and anxiously; to be in a state of gloomy, serious thought; usually followed by over or on; as, to brood over misfortunes
think moodily or anxiously about something hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing; "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long
The young from the same dam, whether produced at the same time or not; young children of the same mother, especially if nearly of the same age; offspring; progeny; as, a woman with a brood of children
To sit on and cover eggs, as a fowl, for the purpose of warming them and hatching the young; or to sit over and cover young, as a hen her chickens, in order to warm and protect them; hence, to sit quietly, as if brooding