brood
(redirected from brooding)Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Medical, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.
Like this video? Subscribe to our free daily email and get a new idiom video every day!
brood about (someone or something)
To worry, fret, or obsess over someone or something. Quit brooding about that fight you had with your girlfriend and just talk to her already! Recent financial losses have the boss brooding about the future of our small company.
See also: brood
brood on (someone or something)
To worry, fret, or obsess over someone or something. Quit brooding on that fight you had with your girlfriend and just talk to her already! Recent financial losses have the boss brooding on the future of our small company.
brood over
To worry anxiously or be despondent about something or someone, especially at great length and in isolation. I know you're upset about failing your exam, but don't brood over it all weekend. Tom's been brooding over our financial situation ever since he got laid off last month.
brood over (someone or something)
To worry, fret, or obsess over someone or something. Quit brooding over that fight you had with your girlfriend and just talk to her already! Recent financial losses have the boss brooding over the future of our small company.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2015 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.
brood about someone or something
and brood on someone or something; brood over someone or somethingto fret or be depressed about someone or something. Please don't brood about Albert. He is no good for you. There's no need to brood on Jeff. He can take care of himself.
See also: brood
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.