to think or worry persistently or moodily about; ponder: He brooded the problem. to sit upon eggs to be hatched, as a bird.

What does brooded mean?

to think or worry persistently or moodily about; ponder: He brooded the problem.

How do you use brooded in a sentence?

He has brooded his whole life after mistakenly killing a screech owl. Shaquille stayed in his room and brooded over the game, Once upon a career, Meulens would have brooded about all that. I lay still and brooded over which would be worse.