Brooding and Close

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Brooding adjective - Deeply or seriously thoughtful.

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Close and brooding are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Close" instead an adjective "Brooding".

Nearby Words: brood, broody, brooded, brooder

Close adjective - Having little space between items or parts.

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Brooding and close are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Brooding" instead an adjective "Close".

Nearby Words: closed, closeness, closing, closely, closure

Never My Fault: The Big Bad T'Pring blames Spock for said character's lover taking a suicidal risk to get close to them after believing their brooding over Spock was romantic.

Source: Literature / Spock's World
Their movie versions are close to this, since Edmund is a brooding Deadpan Snarker and Lucy an optimistic, happy-go-lucky girl.

Source: Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl
Shiki is, to say the least, highly brooding and unstable, but Mikiya is incredibly kind and patient with her and doesn't stop hanging out with her even after she makes it clear she doesn't want to get close to anyone.

Source: Brooding Boy, Gentle Girl

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