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brooding ['bru:dɪŋ]menaçant, inquiétant2 noun∎ he's done a lot of brooding since he got home depuis son retour à la maison, il a passé beaucoup de temps à ruminer -
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brood [bru:d]1 noun(b) (danger, storm) couver, menacer;∎ figurative the monument broods over the town's main square le monument domine la grand-place de la ville∎ to brood about things ruminer;∎ all he does is sit there brooding il passe son temps à broyer du noir;∎ it's no use brooding on or over the past cela ne sert à rien de s'appesantir sur ou remâcher le passé►► Agriculture brood mare (jument f) poulinière f -
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A nB vi1 ( ponder) broyer du noir ; to brood about ou on ou over ressasser, ruminer [problem, event, disappointment] ; there's no point (in) brooding about things ça ne sert à rien de ressasser toutes ces choses ;2 Zool [bird] couver.
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brooding — rood ing, a. good at incubating eggs, especially of a fowl kept for that purpose; as, a brooding hen. Syn: brood, hatching. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
brooding — rooding n. the process of sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body; mostly used of birds. Syn: incubation. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
brooding — rood ing, a. 1. worried and thinking long and intensely, especially about a particular problem. Syn: broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative, gloomy, morose. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
brooding — index contemplation, deliberation Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
brooding — (adj.) 1640s, hovering, overhanging (as a mother bird does her nest), from prp. of BROOD (Cf. brood) (v.); meaning that dwells moodily first attested 1818 (in Frankenstein ) … Etymology dictionary
Brooding — Brood Brood (br[=o]ch), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Brooded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Brooding}.] 1. 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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
brooding — broodingly, adv. /brooh ding/, adj. 1. preoccupied with depressing, morbid, or painful memories or thoughts: a brooding frame of mind. 2. cast in subdued light so as to convey a somewhat threatening atmosphere: Dusk fell on the brooding hills.… … Universalium
brooding — [[t]bru͟ːdɪŋ[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Brooding is used to describe an atmosphere or feeling that makes you feel anxious or slightly afraid. [LITERARY] The same heavy, brooding silence descended on them. 2) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n If someone s… … English dictionary
brooding — brood|ing [ˈbru:dıŋ] adj literary 1.) mysterious and threatening ▪ the brooding silence of the forest 2.) looking thoughtful and sad ▪ brooding eyes >broodingly adv … Dictionary of contemporary English
brooding — adj. Brooding is used with these nouns: ↑silence … Collocations dictionary
brooding — brood|ing [ brudıŋ ] adjective 1. ) LITERARY making you feel as if something bad or dangerous is about to happen 2. ) looking as if you are thinking and worrying about something: the brooding expression in his dark eyes … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English