brooding vs tart

brooding

adj
  • Deeply or seriously thoughtful. 

  • Broody; incubating eggs by sitting on them. 

noun
  • A spell of brooding; the time when someone broods. 

tart

adj
  • Sharp; keen; severe. 

  • Sharp to the taste; acid; sour. 

  • high or too high in acidity. 

noun
  • Any woman with loose sexual morals. 

  • A prostitute. 

  • A melt (block of wax for use in a tart burner). 

  • A type of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie. 

verb
  • To practice prostitution. 

  • To practice promiscuous sex. 

  • To dress garishly, ostentatiously, whorishly, or sluttily. 

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