Antonyms for rumination


Grammar : Noun
Spell : roo-muh-neyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈru məˌneɪt


Definition of rumination

Origin :
  • c.1600, "act of ruminating; act of meditating," from Latin ruminationem (nominative ruminatio) "a chewing the cud," noun of action from past participle stem of ruminare (see ruminate).
  • noun thought
Example sentences :
  • But Barbara did not flinch; and her mother relapsed into rumination.
  • Extract from : « The Patrician » by John Galsworthy
  • A shiver, and a return beneath the blankets for five minutes' rumination.
  • Extract from : « Cavalry of the Clouds » by Alan Bott
  • Food is taken only in small quantities and rumination is stopped.
  • Extract from : « A Treatise on Sheep: » by Ambrose Blacklock
  • James was seated in the buggy outside, engaged in rumination.
  • Extract from : « Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work » by Edith Van Dyne
  • His also was a “melancholy of his own,” a “humorous sadness in which his often rumination wrapt him.”
  • Extract from : « The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's » by David Masson
  • Complete dilatation is sometimes indicated by long addiction to habits of rumination.
  • Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various
  • That rumination on this problem by no means ended here, is shown by the occasional ideas conceived during the following weeks.
  • Extract from : « Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology » by C. G. Jung
  • Thus you find that all animals having horns, have also a structure of stomach fit for rumination, and teeth upon one jaw only.
  • Extract from : « Aristotle » by George Grote
  • You know, therefore, what is the cause that oxen and sheep have a structure of stomach fit for rumination.
  • Extract from : « Aristotle » by George Grote
  • In some instances this rumination is an agreeable sensuous process.
  • Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various

Synonyms for rumination

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