Antonyms for brooding

Grammar : Verb

Spell : broo-ding

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbru dɪŋ

Definition of brooding

Origin : 1640s, "hovering, overhanging" (as a mother bird does her nest), from present participle of brood (v.); meaning "that dwells moodily" first attested 1818 (in "Frankenstein").

verb agonize over

Example sentences :

Christopher stood silent, as if brooding on what he had seen.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

The birds, silent all in the brooding of night, rise ghostly to right and left.
Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White

He sat with his head bent and his elbow on his knee; brooding, brooding, brooding.
Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon

So she prepared for the possible future, not by brooding on it, but by doing the work of the present.
Extract from : « Heather and Snow » by George MacDonald

Kay said nothing, but a brooding anger began to fill his heart.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various

Brooding, sad and deep, seemed to me to hold his inmost mind.
Extract from : « A Writer's Recollections (In Two Volumes), Volume II » by Mrs. Humphry Ward

The other men eyed him with a brooding jealousy as they puffed on their pipes.
Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

While brooding, they should be well fed with corn and water, which must be placed near them, so that they may eat at pleasure.
Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton

Helen replied that she had no intention of brooding on such a dull subject.
Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster

Again he ceased speaking, and relapsed into a brooding attitude.
Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum

Synonyms for brooding

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