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brooding
adjective as in downcast
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- bummed out
- cast down
- chapfallen
- cheerless
- crestfallen
- daunted
- dejected
- despondent
- disappointed
- disconsolate
- disheartened
- dismayed
- dispirited
- distressed
- doleful
- down in the dumps
- down-in-the-mouth
- downhearted
- dragged
- droopy
- dull
- gloomy
- glum
- heartsick
- in pain
- listless
- low-spirited
- miserable
- mopey
- morose
- oppressed
- sad
- shot down
- singing the blues
- sunk
- troubled
- weighed down
- woebegone
adjective as in incommunicable
adjective as in incommunicative
adjective as in irritable
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- bearish
- cantankerous
- carping
- choleric
- complaining
- crabbed
- cross
- crotchety
- disputatious
- dissatisfied
- dyspeptic
- easily offended
- fiery
- fretful
- fretting
- gloomy
- grouchy
- grumbling
- hasty
- hot
- huffy
- hypercritical
- ill-humored
- irascible
- moody
- morose
- out of humor
- oversensitive
- peevish
- plaintive
- querulous
- quick-tempered
- sensitive
- snappy
- snarling
- tense
- touchy
adjective as in morbid
adjective as in solemn
adjective as in sulky
adjective as in taciturn
adjective as in tightlipped
adjective as in uncommunicable
adjective as in unsociable
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noun as in abstraction
noun as in introspection
noun as in dwelling
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Example Sentences
Released last November, the creative infused her brooding, futuristic sound into a full-fledged orchestral production.
James himself was thinking of another classic star when he entered the business — more of a brooding, serious type.
So has he done enough to distance himself from the brooding vampire role that made his name?
The brooding dads made an incredible 7,000-mile journey by boat, plane, and car to London Zoo from their remote island off the southern coast of Chile.
This track is hard rock band Disturbed's brooding but beautiful cover of the Simon and Garfunkel classic.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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