Synonyms of brooding

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adjective

1

as in moping

Synonyms & Similar Words

• moping
• peevish
• irritable
• irascible
• petulant
• waspish
• morose
• snappish
• choleric
• testy
• grouchy
• crotchety
• grumpy
• raspy
• cross
• dyspeptic
• pettish
• snarky
• ornery
• dour
• crabby
• cantankerous
• bilious
• disagreeable
• perverse
• gloomy
• short-tempered
• quick-tempered
• cranky
• snippy
• prickly
• ratty
• ill-tempered
• temperamental
• bearish
• sullen
• ill-humored
• sulky
• snappy
• tetchy
• snippety
• ill-natured
• pouty
• pouting
• touchy
• surly
• huffy
• sensitive
• mopey
• glum
• thin-skinned

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sociable
• cheerful
• sunny
• cheery
• perky
• good-natured
• carefree
• easygoing
• relaxed
• good-humored
• good-tempered
• gladsome
• happy-go-lucky

2

as in pregnant

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pregnant
• gravid
• expectant
• caught
• expecting
• heavy
• gone
• big
• impregnated
• quick
• enceinte
• gestational
• conceiving
• childbearing
• prenatal
• parturient

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• barren
• infertile
• nonpregnant
• delivered
• aborting
• miscarrying

brooding

2 of 2

verb

present participle of brood

as in sitting

to cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop

don't disturb the hen while she's brooding

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sitting
• spawning
• hatching
• laying
• incubating
• setting

Examples of brooding in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Aja’s longtime cinematographer Maxime Alexandre uses wide framing to position the characters in a brooding natural setting heaving with mystery and menace. —David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019

Jane pitches her biracial sitcom to a Black showrunner named Hampton Ford, a brooding, cynical operator who looks at the omnipresence of interracial families and sees a potential windfall. —Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2024

Popular on Variety This Target edition contains an exclusive cover that features the two characters in a brooding and mysterious all-black silhouette while posing against an illuminated cityscape. —Tim Chan, Variety, 15 Aug. 2024

In this dark and brooding place, justice is a pipe dream. —Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2024