Brooding and Stern

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Brooding

Brooding adjective - Deeply or seriously thoughtful.
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Stern and brooding are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stern" instead an adjective "Brooding".
Nearby Words: brood, broody, brooded, brooder

Stern

Stern adjective - Harsh and threatening in manner or appearance.
Usage example: a stern receptionist took our names without even looking up
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Brooding and stern are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Brooding" instead an adjective "Stern".
Nearby Words: sternness, sternly, sterne

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  • This was also the point in history at which Batman himself began to change, returning from the Dudley Do-Right archetype he'd cultivated during the 1950s and '60s to the stern, brooding, and slightly unhinged "dark" vigilante he was always meant to be.
    Source: Knight Of Cerebus / Comic Books
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