Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun brooding

2 senses of brooding

Sense 1
brooding, incubation -- (sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body)
       => parturition, birth, giving birth, birthing -- (the process of giving birth)

Sense 2
pensiveness, brooding -- (persistent morbid meditation on a problem)
       => melancholy -- (a feeling of thoughtful sadness)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb brood

5 senses of brood

Sense 1
brood, dwell -- (think moodily or anxiously about something)
       => worry, care -- (be concerned with; "I worry about my grades")

Sense 2
brood, hover, loom, bulk large -- (hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing; "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long")
       => hang -- (be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive; "This worry hangs on my mind"; "The cloud of suspicion hangs over her")

Sense 3
sulk, pout, brood -- (be in a huff and display one's displeasure; "She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted")

Sense 4
grizzle, brood, stew -- (be in a huff; be silent or sullen)
       => sulk, pout, brood -- (be in a huff and display one's displeasure; "She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted")

Sense 5
brood, hatch, cover, incubate -- (sit on (eggs); "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs")
       => reproduce, procreate, multiply -- (have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant; "The Bible tells people to procreate")

Antonyms of adj brooding

1 sense of brooding

Sense 1
brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative -- (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";)

INDIRECT (VIA thoughtful) -> thoughtless -- (showing lack of careful thought; "the debate turned into thoughtless bickering")

Similarity of adj brooding

1 sense of brooding

Sense 1
brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative -- (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";)
       => thoughtful (vs. thoughtless) -- (exhibiting or characterized by careful thought; "a thoughtful paper")