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In A Moody Mood Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is BROODING which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: BROODING

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RankLettersAnswerClue
199%8Exact Match!
231%7 Being in a moody or cross mood
325%12Mood disorder involving chronic fluctuations in mood

About This Clues Answer

We think the answer is "BROODING" which means:

    noun
  • • Sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body
  • • Persistent morbid meditation on a problem
  • adjective satellite
  • • Deeply or seriously thoughtful
  • verb
  • • To keep an egg warm to make it hatch.
  • • To protect (something that is gradually maturing); to foster.
  • • (typically with about or over) to dwell upon moodily and at length, mainly alone.
  • • To be bred.
  • adjective
  • • (of a bird) broody; incubating eggs by sitting on them.
  • • Deeply or seriously thoughtful.

An example sentence would be:

  • • "She sat in the corner, brooding over her failed exams."
  • • "He had a brooding expression on his face as he stared out the window."

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New York Times13 Jun 1977 Down 9
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