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  • present participle of brood.
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brooding

[broo-ding] / ˈbru dɪŋ /














NOUN
dwelling
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When a brooding Pitt admits he’s had trouble with “family stuff,” the writer lets the sentiment disintegrate.

From Salon Aug. 11, 2026

Jeje, Jail Time Records first female artist, made her debut in 2022 with brooding Afrobeats song Show Me The Way.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

And of course the dipping chocolate, thick and hot, not terribly sweet, but brooding and smoky.

From Salon Jun. 23, 2026

Nathaniel Hawthorne set this brooding, allegorical work in mid-19th-century Salem, Mass., a town cursed by the crimes of the witch trials.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

Poppy asked if the meal had upset him and he said, “Night brings on a brooding melancholia.”

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye




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