Related Words for ruminating

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mull
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Name, Verb
meditate
/xx
Verb, Verb
contemplate
/xx
Verb, Verb
ponder
/x
Verb, Verb, Noun
muse
/
Noun, Noun, Verb
speculate
/xx
Verb, Verb
reflect
x/
Verb, Verb
think over
//x
Phrase, Verb
ruminations
xx/x
Noun
stewing
/x
Noun
obsessing
x/x
Adjective
philosophizing
x/xxx
Noun
daydreaming
/xx
Noun
fretting
/x
Noun
wandering
/xx
Verb
thinking
/x
Noun
procrastinating
x/xxx
Noun
dissecting
x/x
Noun
fantasizing
/xxx
Verb
moping
/x
Verb
theorizing
/xxx
Noun
reminiscing
xx/x
Verb
recollecting
xx/x
Verb
digesting
x/x
Verb
worrying
/xx
Verb
deliberating
x/xxx
Verb
discussing
x/x
Verb
gnawing
/x
Noun
expounding
x/x
Verb
brooding
/x
Noun
hypothesizing
x/xxx
Noun
talking
/x
Verb
delving
/x
Verb
gazing
/x
Verb
loafing
/x
Noun
ambling
/xx
Verb
chewing
/x
Verb
jotting
/x
Verb
meandering
x/xx
Noun
debating
x/x
Noun
imagining
x/xx
Verb
examining
x/xx
Verb
conversing
x/x
Verb
lamenting
x/x
Verb
wondering
/xx
Verb
observing
x/x
Verb
munching
/x
Verb
sulking
/x
Verb
percolating
/xxx
Verb
nibbling
/xx
Verb
remembering
x/xx
Verb
sauntering
/xx
Verb
dozing
/x
Noun
scribbling
/xx
Noun
contemplation
xx/x
Noun
dawdling
/x
Verb
analyzing
/xxx
Verb
flitting
/x
Verb
pining
/x
Noun
exploring
x/x
Verb
blurting
/x
Verb
idly
/x
Adverb
scratching
/x
Verb
dreaming
/x
Noun
wrangling
/xx
Noun
chuckling
/x
Verb
sighing
/x
Noun
brainstorming
/xx
Noun
ranting
/x
Noun
swirling
/x
Verb
visualizing
/xxx
Verb
jabbering
/xx
Verb
muttering
/xx
Verb
chatting
/x
Verb
rambling
/x
Noun
moodily
/xx
Adverb
chattering
/xx
Noun
eating
/x
Noun, Verb
studying
/xx
Verb
analysing
x/xx
Verb
writing
/x
Noun
staring
/x
Verb
lolling
/x
Verb
imbibing
x/x
Verb
dwelling
/x
Noun
morosely
x/x
Adverb
rehearsing
x/x
Verb
sitting
/x
Verb
reviewing
x/x
Verb
concoction
x/x
Noun
revolution
xx/x
Noun
poring
/x
Verb
deliberation
xxx/x
Noun
simmering
/xx
Verb
perusing
x/x
Verb
rationalizing
/xxxx
Noun
refraining
x/x
Verb
reckoning
/xx
Noun
minding
/x
Verb
reciting
x/x
Verb
recollection
xx/x
Noun
basking
/x
Noun
lounging
/x
Verb
roasting
/x
Noun
churning
/x
Noun
researching
x/x
Verb
wrinkling
/xx
Noun
lamentation
xx/x
Noun
ruination
/x/x
Noun
consultation
xx/x
Noun
ruminant
/xx
Noun
calves
/
Noun
cow
/
Noun
animals
/xx
Noun
shade
/
Noun
past
/
Noun
aloud
x/
Adverb
spent
/
Verb
cattle
/x
Noun
thoughts
/
Noun
silently
/xx
Adverb
schemes
/
Noun
paused
/
Verb
mood
/
Noun
quietly
/xx
Adverb
lay
/
Verb
again
x/
Adverb
ageless
/x
Adjective
alert
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
amusement
x/x
Noun
anorexic
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
appears
x/
Noun
apprehension
xx/x
Noun
arguing
/xx
Noun
arrogant
/xx
Adjective
ashamed
x/
Adjective
asleep
x/
Adjective
ass
/
Noun, Adjective
attentive
x/x
Adjective
avails
x/
Verb, Noun
avocation
xx/x
Noun
awake
x/
Adjective, Verb
babble
/x
Noun, Verb
banter
/x
Noun, Verb
be
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
introspection
xx/x
Noun
scary
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
sot
/
Noun, Verb
stilled
/
Adjective
teachable
/xx
Adjective, Noun
tormented
/xx
Adjective
unborn
//
Adjective, Noun
uptight
x/
Adjective, Noun
while
/
Noun, Verb
whimsy
/x
Noun, Verb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
expression
x/x
Noun
literally
/xxx
Adverb
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
sorta
/x
Adverb
tell
/
Verb, Noun
anymore
xx/
Adverb
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb