Brooding
Brooding adjective - Deeply or seriously thoughtful.
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Malevolent and brooding are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Malevolent" instead an adjective "Brooding".
Malevolent
Malevolent adjective - Having or showing a desire to cause someone pain or suffering for the sheer enjoyment of it.
Brooding and malevolent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Brooding" instead an adjective "Malevolent".
Nearby Words: malevolence, malevolently
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- December 23-24 - The Eleventh Doctor's self-imposed exile and consequent brooding is interrupted by Clara Oswin Oswald, a mysterious barmaid/governess, and a malevolent sentience controlling carnivorous snow.
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Even if the humans aren't actively malevolent, they'll still be brooding over how embarrassed they are of humanity's evil, or become an unwitting gateway through which evil and corruption enters the pony universe.
Source: Humans Are the Real Monsters
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