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brooding: sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body; persistently or morbidly thoughtful

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grum collapse

moping collapse

glum collapse: reflecting gloom; "gloomy faces"

crestfallen collapse

mopey collapse

long faced collapse

morose collapse

taciturn collapse: habitually reserved and uncommunicative

pensive collapse: showing pensive sadness; "the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty"

chapfallen collapse: brought low in spirit; "left us fatigued and deflated spiritually"

pregnancy collapse: the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus

sitting collapse: the act of assuming or maintaining a seated position; "he read the mystery at one sitting"; (photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait); "he wanted his portrait painted but couldn't spare time for the sitting"; a session as of a legislature or court; not moving and therefore easy to attack; "a sitting target"

meditative collapse

thoughtful collapse: considerate of the feelings or well-being of others; having intellectual depth; "a deeply thoughtful essay"; acting with or showing thought and good sense; "a sensible young man"; exhibiting or characterized by careful thought; "a thoughtful paper"

musing collapse

meditation collapse: continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature; "the habit of meditation is the basis for all real knowledge"; (religion) contemplation of spiritual matters (usually on religious or philosophical subjects)

speculation collapse: a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence); "speculations about the outcome of the election"; "he dismissed it as mere conjecture"; an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits; "he knew the stock was a speculation when he bought it"

lucubration collapse: laborious cogitation; a solemn literary work that is the product of laborious cogitation

deliberation collapse: the trait of thoughtfulness in action or decision; "he was a man of judicial deliberation"; careful consideration; "a little deliberation would have deterred them"; (usually plural) discussion of all sides of a question; "the deliberations of the jury"

greatness collapse: the property possessed by something or someone of outstanding importance or eminence

sullen collapse

moody collapse: United States evangelist (1837-1899); United States tennis player who dominated women's tennis in the 1920s and 1930s (born in 1906); subject to sharply varying moods; "a temperamental opera singer"

counsel collapse

overcast collapse: a cast that falls beyond the intended spot; a long whip stitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling; sew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next; "overcast books"; sew over the edge of with long slanting wide stitches; make overcast or cloudy; "Fall weather often overcasts our beaches"

covering collapse: the act of protecting something by covering it; an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it); a natural object that covers or envelops; "under a covering of dust"; "the fox was flushed from its cover"

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