Melencholy vs Brooding - What's the difference?
melencholy | brooding |
(of a bird) Broody; incubating eggs by sitting on them.
Deeply or seriously thoughtful.
A spell of brooding; the time when someone broods.
* {{quote-news, year=2009, date=June 22, author=Jon Caramanica, title=Once-Dreamy Indie Rockers, Masking Hurt With High-Gloss Sheen, work=New York Times
, passage=The lyrics are different: gone are the dreamy, un-self-conscious proclamations of affection from the EP (which was reissued with additional tracks), replaced with vividly dark broodings , thick with doubt and fear.}}
As an adjective brooding is
(of a bird) broody; incubating eggs by sitting on them.As a verb brooding is
.As a noun brooding is
a spell of brooding; the time when someone broods.melencholy
Not English
Melencholy has no English definition. It may be misspelled.brooding
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- A brooding hen can be aggressive.
- You like T. S. Eliot's "The Waste Land"? You must be so brooding and deep .
Verb
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