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brooding

[broo-ding] / ˈbru dɪŋ /














NOUN
dwelling
Synonyms


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He was awkward, brooding and uneasy outside his eccentric family.

From The Wall Street Journal

Robert Duvall was a distinguished and prolific screen actor who lent a brooding intensity and grizzled authority to seven decades of American film-making.

From BBC

“Heathcliff was brooding but she said, ‘What if he wasn’t brooding?’

From Los Angeles Times

On a surface level, I think Brontë created an archetype that has lived on — the brooding, possessive self-made man type.

From Los Angeles Times

Dexter went from sheltered son of a doctor to brooding child hipster who left home early to tour with big bands.

From Los Angeles Times