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brooding

How many syllables in brooding?

  2 syllables

Divide brooding into syllables:   brood-ing
How to pronounce brooding:   broo-ding
How to say brooding:

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Synonyms for brooding


1 syllable
  • dark
    2 syllables
    • gloomy
    • pensive
    • sullen
    • leaden
    • sulky
    • thoughtful
    3 syllables
    4 syllables
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      What rhymes with brooding

      2 syllables
      • feuding
        3 syllables
        4 syllables
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