brooded
past simple and past participle ofbrood
brood
verb[I]
uk/bruːd/us/bruːd/tothinkfor alongtimeabout things that make yousad,worried, orangry:
Iwishshe wouldn'tsitbrooding in herroomallday.
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sulkverbdisapproving
to think carefully about something
- considerDon't make any decisions before you've considered the matter.
- contemplateHe lay in a hospital bed contemplating his future.
- ponderShe sat back for a minute to ponder her next move in the game.
- mull overI need a few days to mull things over before I decide.
- reflectI spent a lot of time reflecting on what he'd said.
- agonizeShe agonized for days before agreeing to take the job.
Continually thinking about
- absorb
- absorbed
- axe
- be devoured bysomethingidiom
- be hung up onsomethingidiom
- be wrapped up insomething/someoneidiom
- brain
- devour
- fetishize
- fixate
- fixated
- fixation
- get intosomeone
- nag
- obsession
- obsessive
- obsessively
- one-track mind
- overactive
- preoccupation
Examplesofbrooded
brooded
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
She neverbroodedover her loss of power, or the loss of the changes or amusements which others enjoy.
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He has been absent but his spirit, from wherever it may have been, hasbroodedover our debate.
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A deep peace hasbrooded, not wholly undisturbed by some subterranean rumblings, over the course of our discussions.
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I feel that the spirit of my pet centipede hasbroodedover all our proceedings to-day.
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And then in one of the darkest hours that have everbroodedover us there sprang to leadership a statesman for whom history does not easily furnish a parallel.
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They hadbroodedover it for years.
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Nestlings arebroodedfor the first five days, after which the young are capable of maintaining a fairly constant body temperature.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The eggs usually hatch in about five weeks, and arebroodedby both parents.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The hatchlings arebroodedfor approximately 12 to 14 days and then fledge at that time.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Here fertilisation takes place and the larvae arebroodedfor ten to fourteen days.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Day reportedlybroodedalmost continually over the end of his pitching career.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Fertilisation is internal and the eggs arebroodedinside the mantle for a week before emerging as free swimming nauplius larvae.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Young chicks arebroodedcontinuously, with the female brooding during the night and the duties being shared during the day.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Fish that investigate this get showered in glochidia which have beenbroodedwithin the mussel's mantle cavity over the winter period.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The eggs clump together and may adhere in a viscous mass to the adult's spines and bebroodedthere.
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