brooding
NOUNADJECTIVE
8 LETTERS · STARTS WITH B
brooding is a valid 8-letter word worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
B3R1O1O1D2I1N1G2
3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 2 =12 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 24TRIPLE WORD → 36
MEANING
What does brooding mean?
NOUN · 2 SENSES
1
Sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body.
SYNONYMS
BROADER
2
Persistent morbid meditation on a problem.
SYNONYMS
BROADER
ADJECTIVE · 1 SENSE
1
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
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