Synonyms of brooding

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adjective

1

as in moping

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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2

as in pregnant

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

brooding

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verb

present participle of brood

as in hatching

to cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop

don't disturb the hen while she's brooding

Synonyms & Similar Words

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