Brooding
Brooding adjective - Deeply or seriously thoughtful.
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Synonyms for Brooding
Foreboding and brooding are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Foreboding" instead an adjective "Brooding".
Foreboding
Foreboding adjective - Being or showing a sign of evil or calamity to come.
Brooding and foreboding are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Brooding" instead an adjective "Foreboding".
Nearby Word: foreboded
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- And yet he manages to draw every eye with his presence, helped, no doubt, by his brooding and foreboding Leitmotif that plays whenever he appears.
Source: Cold Ham
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