brooding
adjective/ˈbruːdɪŋ/
/ˈbruːdɪŋ/
(literary)- sad and mysterious or threatening
- dark, brooding eyes
- a brooding silence
- Ireland’s brooding landscape
Oxford Collocations DictionaryBrooding is used with these nouns:- silence
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