brooding

English Thesaurus

1. persistent morbid meditation on a problem (noun.feeling)

hypernym	:	melancholy,
definition	:	a feeling of thoughtful sadness (noun.feeling)

2. sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body (noun.process)

hypernym	:	birth, birthing, giving birth, parturition,
definition	:	the process of giving birth (noun.process)

3. deeply or seriously thoughtful (adj.all)

similar	:	thoughtful,
definition	:	exhibiting or characterized by careful thought (adj.all)

4. persistent morbid meditation on a problem (noun.feeling)

derivation	:	brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative,
definition	:	deeply or seriously thoughtful (adj.all)

5. sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body (noun.process)

derivation	:	brood, cover, hatch, incubate,
definition	:	sit on (eggs) (verb.body)

6. deeply or seriously thoughtful (adj.all)

derivation	:	contemplativeness, meditativeness, pensiveness,
definition	:	deep serious thoughtfulness (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	reflectiveness, reflectivity,
definition	:	the capability of quiet thought or contemplation (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	brooding, pensiveness,
definition	:	persistent morbid meditation on a problem (noun.feeling)

derivation	:	chew over, contemplate, excogitate, meditate, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, reflect, ruminate, speculate, think over,
definition	:	reflect deeply on a subject (verb.cognition)

derivation	:	contemplate, meditate, study,
definition	:	think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes (verb.cognition)

7. persistent morbid meditation on a problem (noun.feeling)

derivation	:	brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative,
definition	:	deeply or seriously thoughtful (adj.all)

8. sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body (noun.process)

derivation	:	brood, cover, hatch, incubate,
definition	:	sit on (eggs) (verb.body)

9. deeply or seriously thoughtful (adj.all)

derivation	:	contemplativeness, meditativeness, pensiveness,
definition	:	deep serious thoughtfulness (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	reflectiveness, reflectivity,
definition	:	the capability of quiet thought or contemplation (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	brooding, pensiveness,
definition	:	persistent morbid meditation on a problem (noun.feeling)

derivation	:	chew over, contemplate, excogitate, meditate, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, reflect, ruminate, speculate, think over,
definition	:	reflect deeply on a subject (verb.cognition)

derivation	:	contemplate, meditate, study,
definition	:	think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes (verb.cognition)