Brooding and Down

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Brooding adjective - Deeply or seriously thoughtful.

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

Nearby Words: brood, broody, brooded, brooder

Down adjective - Brought or having come to an end.

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Brooding and down are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Brooding" instead an adjective "Down".

Nearby Word: downed

Brooding and quiet, he starts counting down the hours he has left in National Service before the end of the first day and quickly slides into despair; in "Medical" he even contemplates suicide.

Source: Series / Get Some In!
Action Cartoon, Quiet Drama Scene: all over the place, it would probably be more effective to list scenes where he isn't brooding and staring down his enemies for long stretches of time.

Source: Western Animation / Samurai Jack
Daredevil does a pretty exceptional one of these—not only is he brooding, but he pulls out a cracked tooth, broken in a fight, and tosses it down the drain.

Source: Shower Of Angst / Film

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