Definition of "brooding" in Anglais

adjective

1. (of a bird) Broody; incubating eggs by sitting on them.

   • A brooding hen can be aggressive.

2. Deeply or seriously thoughtful.

   • You like T. S. Eliot's "The Waste Land"? You must be so brooding and deep.

verb

1. present participle and gerund of brood

noun

1. A spell of brooding; the time when someone broods.