Brooding
Brooding adjective - Deeply or seriously thoughtful.
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Standoffish and brooding are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Standoffish" instead an adjective "Brooding".
Standoffish
Standoffish adjective - Having or showing a lack of friendliness or interest in others.
Brooding and standoffish are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Brooding" instead an adjective "Standoffish".
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- Kaito Doumoto of Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch is popular at school and has an Instant Fanclub, and hides his lonely brooding behind the mask of a carefree joker instead of a standoffish loner like most of these examples.
Source: Lonely Rich Kid
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