Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - brooding

1. Brooding is used to describe an atmosphere or feeling that makes you feel anxious or slightly afraid. (LITERARY) The same heavy, brooding silence descended on them. ADJ: usu ADJ n 2. If someone’s expression or appearance is brooding, they look as if they are thinking deeply and seriously about something, especially something that is making them unhappy. (LITERARY) She kissed him and gazed into his dark, brooding eyes. ADJ: usu ADJ n