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brood

 
 
/bruːd/ verb [I]

Translation

to think for a long time about things that make you sad or angry
kara kara düşünmek, derin derin düşünmek, kafa yormak
I wish he'd stop brooding about the past.10992437
(Definition of brood verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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