Brooding and Quiet

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Brooding adjective - Deeply or seriously thoughtful.

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

Nearby Words: brood, broody, brooded, brooder

Quiet adjective - Free from disturbing noise or uproar.

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Brooding and quiet are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Brooding" instead an adjective "Quiet".

Nearby Words: quietly, quieten, quiescent, quieted, quietness

In the comic itself, he has been a brooding and quiet figure, helping out the heroes due to their aims coinciding.

Source: Webcomic / Planescape Metamorphosis
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!
While all the Qunari you meet in the games belong to the Antaam (which is essentially the warrior caste in the Qunari's non-hereditary caste system) and are therefore ProudWarriorRaceGuys, they tend to be of the quiet and brooding variety rather than Boisterous Bruisers.

Source: Genius Bruiser / Video Games

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