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Definition of brooding adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

brooding

adjective

NAmE//ˈbrudɪŋ//

(literary)

sad and mysterious, or threatening dark, brooding eyes a brooding silence Alaska's brooding tundra

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