Brooding and Distant

Brooding

Brooding adjective - Deeply or seriously thoughtful.
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Synonyms for Brooding

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

Nearby Words: brood, broody, brooded, brooder

Distant

Distant adjective - Not close in time or space.

Brooding and distant are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Brooding" instead an adjective "Distant".

Nearby Words: distance, distantly

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  • A prominent example is the Fourth Doctor, who (ignoring Early Installment Weirdness) started out as a brooding and distant character, darker than his predecessor due to his capriciousness, foul temper and alien spookiness.
  • Film / Conan the Barbarian (1982) The Cimmerians are described as believing in "Valhalla", and Crom is instead represented as an Odin-like god than the distant, brooding deity he was in the original canon.
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