brooding

• brooding

brooding

Noun

sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body

Synonyms:

• brooding
• incubation

Noun

persistent morbid meditation on a problem

Synonyms:

• pensiveness
• brooding

Adjective

deeply or seriously thoughtful; "Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the `Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man"

Synonyms:

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