Dictionary Check: brooding

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"brooding" is a valid word!

Scrabble 12 points
Words with Friends 15 points

Definition

adjective

deeply or seriously thoughtful

Example: "Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the β€˜Byronic hero’ - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man"
noun

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

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noun

persistent morbid meditation on a problem

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