Synonyms of brooding

1. brooding, incubation, parturition, birth, giving birth, birthing: usage: sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body
2. pensiveness, brooding, melancholy: usage: persistent morbid meditation on a problem

1. brood, dwell, worry, care: usage: think moodily or anxiously about something
2. brood, hover, loom, bulk large, hang: usage: hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing; "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long"
3. sulk, pout, brood: usage: be in a huff and display one's displeasure; "She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted"
4. grizzle, brood, stew, sulk, pout, brood: usage: be in a huff; be silent or sullen
5. brood, hatch, cover, incubate, reproduce, procreate, multiply: usage: sit on (eggs); "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs"

1. brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative, thoughtful (vs. thoughtless): usage: 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";