BROODING

Meaning

noun

sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body

Synonyms incubation

adjective

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”

Synonyms broodycontemplativemeditativemusingpensiveponderingreflectiveruminative

Definitions, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Related words without a link are English but not in our game word list.

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Words inside BROODING

80 shorter words you can make from these letters.

7-letter

• bridoon¹⁰

6-letter

• boding¹⁰
• booing⁹
• boring⁹
• drongo⁸
• indoor⁷
• orbing⁹
• robing⁹

5-letter

• bingo⁸
• boing⁸
• bongo⁸
• boron⁷
• bring⁸
• brood⁸
• dingo⁷
• doing⁷
• donor⁶
• giron⁶
• grind⁷
• groin⁶
• robin⁷
• rondo⁶

4-letter

• bind⁷
• bird⁷
• bond⁷
• bong⁷
• boon⁶
• boor⁶
• born⁶
• brig⁷
• brin⁶
• brio⁶
• broo⁶
• ding⁶
• dong⁶
• door⁵
• drib⁷
• gird⁶
• girn⁵
• giro⁵
• gobo⁷
• good⁶
• goon⁵
• grid⁶
• grin⁵
• inro⁴
• iron⁴
• nodi⁵
• noir⁴
• nori⁴
• odor⁵
• ordo⁵
• rind⁵
• ring⁵
• rood⁵

3-letter

• bid⁶
• big⁶
• bin⁵
• bio⁵
• bod⁶
• bog⁶
• boo⁵
• bro⁵
• dib⁶
• dig⁵
• din⁴
• dog⁵
• don⁴
• dor⁴
• gib⁶
• gid⁵
• gin⁴
• gob⁶
• god⁵
• goo⁴
• gor⁴
• ion³
• nib⁵
• nob⁵
• nod⁴