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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
brooding
1. sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
incubation
• Derivationally related forms:
incubate (for: incubation)
• Hypernyms:
parturition, birth, giving birth, birthing
2. persistent morbid meditation on a problem (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
pensiveness
• Derivationally related forms:
pensive (for: pensiveness)
• Hypernyms:
melancholy
deeply or seriously thoughtful (Freq. 3)
- 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
• Syn:
broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive,
pondering, reflective, ruminative
• Similar to:
thoughtful
• Derivationally related forms:
ruminate (for: ruminative), reflectivity (for: reflective), reflect (for: reflective), pensiveness (for: pensive), meditativeness (for: meditative), meditate (for: meditative), contemplate (for: contemplative), contemplativeness (for: contemplative)
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