Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Meditative; contemplative.
- adj. Oppressive: "The room's air was broody and sullen, like the season's own, full of storm clouds” ( Nicholas Proffitt).
- adj. Disposed to sit on eggs to hatch them: a broody hen.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Of a brooding disposition; inclined to brood or sit, as a hen.
- Breeding or adapted for breeding: as, a broody bitch.
Wiktionary
- n. A female bird which is in the condition to incubate eggs; a broody hen, duck, etc.
- adj. sitting persistently and protectively on a nest, in order to hatch eggs (eg, 'a broody hen').
- adj. acting interested in raising young.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Inclined to brood.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. deeply or seriously thoughtful
- adj. physiologically ready to incubate eggs
- n. a domestic hen ready to brood
Examples
“I have learned about "broody" hens, well, sort of ...”
“Natural instincts are lost under domestication: a remarkable instance of this is seen in those breeds of fowls which very rarely or never become "broody," that is, never wish to sit on their eggs.”
“And now that Louise, 31, is 14 weeks pregnant, Posh is said to have become "broody".”
“With just three members to their name, this loud London trio make the kind of broody, melancholic indie that will fit comfortable between your Joy Division and Echo and The Bunnymen CDs.”
“Ready to have a baby and get "broody" Wenn. com says she wants to wrap up her tour first.”
“Fergie is ready to have a baby and is getting 'broody”
“Fergie is ready to have a baby and is getting 'broody' photo: Creative Commons/Katie Kiehn”
“broody," that is, never wish to sit on their eggs.”
“i like surfing, hiking, running, biking, laughing too loud in restaurants, straight-talking, excitement and fun. so please mail me JACOB!!!!! what a breath of fresh air. edward is moody and broody which is ok for act 1. but come on already! enough with the melodrama. did these two EVER have fun?!”
“Cantrell shifted from "broody" Seattle to California a few years after Staley's death and his words reverberate through DuVall's voice: "And so I found myself in the sun, oh yeah/A hell of a place to end a run, oh yeah/California, I'm fine/”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘broody’.
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Russian Doll Words
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Fowl Words
Odd-sounding chicken breeds & chicken-related words
bantam, broody, Chantecler, Australorp, Red Shaver, Campine, Araucana, Cochin, Nankin, Silkie, Cubalaya, chook and 33 more...
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I'm not always depressed: only when I...
gloomy, blue, morose, woebegone, melancholic, tragic, woeful, mopey, despondent, miserable, broody, mirthless and 24 more...
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get on like a hou..., squabble, resent, the patience of a..., neglect, nagging, stick up for, elipsis, substitution, muck in, devote, wishful thinking and 23 more...
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The Girls
Words about my urban backyard chickens.
Black Australorp, Ophelia, Buff Orpington, Winnie, Buckeyes, Martin Junior, Junior Martin, hen house, sunny-side-up yellow, free range, collecting, warm eggs and 5 more...
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Nest Words
structured and spacious words - literally and figuratively
nest, niche, nidification, nido, nestle, nye, patulous, inquiline, neb, coleoptera, aerie, nidicolous and 39 more...
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maelstrom, purport, odious, grouse, morbid, rejoinder, exculpatory, inculcate, portentious, portentous, milieu, inane and 26 more...
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