Related Words for rumination

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Word	Syllables	Categories
contemplation	xx/x	Noun, Noun
meditation	xx/x	Noun, Noun
musing	/x	Noun, Noun
thoughtfulness	/xx	Noun, Noun
reflexion	x/x	Noun, Noun
reflection	x/x	Noun, Noun
introspection	xx/x	Noun
philosophizing	x/xxx	Noun
retrospection	xx/x	Noun
melancholy	/xxx	Noun
preoccupation	xxx/x	Noun
contemplative	x/xx	Adjective
pondering	/xx	Verb
brooding	/x	Noun
melancholia	/xxx	Noun
anxiety	x/xx	Noun
daydreaming	/xx	Noun
restlessness	/xx	Noun
meditative	/xxx	Adjective
neurosis	x/x	Noun
theorizing	/xxx	Noun
reminiscence	xx/x	Noun
neuroticism	x/xxx	Noun
ambivalence	x/xx	Noun
emotionality	/xx/xx	Noun
meandering	x/xx	Noun
digression	x/x	Noun
angst	/	Noun
procrastination	xxx/x	Noun
cognition	x/x	Noun
melancholic	xx/x	Adjective
disquisition	xx/x	Noun
exploration	xx/x	Noun
chatter	/x	Noun
soliloquy	x/xx	Noun
sleeplessness	/xx	Noun
discourse	/x	Noun
obsessing	x/x	Adjective
discussion	x/x	Noun
dissonance	/xx	Noun
depression	x/x	Noun
reappraisal	xx/x	Noun
pessimism	/xxx	Noun
existential	xx/x	Adjective
recollection	xx/x	Noun
elegiac	/xxx	Noun
fretting	/x	Noun
lamentation	xx/x	Noun
mulling	/x	Verb
concoction	x/x	Noun
chewing	/x	Verb
churning	/x	Noun
gnawing	/x	Noun
ruination	/x/x	Noun
mastication	/x/x	Noun
eating	/x	Noun
reviewing	x/x	Verb
recrimination	xxx/x	Noun
swallowing	/xx	Verb
poring	/x	Verb
disputation	x//x	Noun
roasting	/x	Noun
mortification	/xxx	Noun
indulgence	x/x	Noun
revolution	xx/x	Noun
rinse	/	Noun
wrinkling	/xx	Noun
simmering	/xx	Verb
lunching	/x	Verb
digestion	x/x	Noun
deliberation	xxx/x	Noun
memorization	/xx/x	Noun
gritting	/x	Verb
curdling	/x	Adjective
vomiting	/xx	Noun
contrition	x/x	Noun
resorption	x/x	Noun
maceration	xx/x	Noun
rolling	/x	Noun
cram	/	Noun
stewing	/x	Noun
remembering	x/xx	Verb
examination	xxx/x	Noun
recitation	xx/x	Noun
forgetting	x/x	Verb
consultation	xx/x	Noun
agitation	xx/x	Noun
consumption	x/x	Noun
ruining	/xx	Verb
feeding	/x	Noun
reciting	x/x	Verb
retention	x/x	Noun
pica	/x	Noun
obsessional	x/xx	Adjective
obsessive	x/x	Adjective
distraction	x/x	Noun
often	/x	Adjective
worry	/x	Noun
wraps	/	Verb
regurgitation	x/x/x	Noun
pessimistic	xx/x	Adjective
depressive	x/x	Adjective
suicidal	xx/x	Adjective
cessation	x/x	Noun
predicts	x/	Verb
anxious	/x	Adjective
forgiveness	x/x	Noun
infant	/x	Noun
ceases	/x	Verb
sharing	/x	Noun
infancy	/xx	Noun
suffice	x/	Verb
infantile	/xx	Adjective
fantasy	/xx	Noun
disquiet	x/x	Noun, Adjective, Verb
grieving	/x	Noun
retrospect	/xx	Noun, Verb
reverie	/xx	Noun, Verb
suffering	/xx	Noun, Adjective
milestone	/x	Noun, Verb
expression	x/x	Noun
tell	/	Verb, Noun
literally	/xxx	Adverb
no	/	Noun, Adverb, Adjective
sorta	/x	Adverb
bulletproof	/xx	Adjective, Verb
anymore	xx/	Adverb