broody

Speech parts

1. broody - Noun

2. broody - Adjective

3. broody - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Inclined to brood.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

sitter reflective contemplative brooding pondering musing ruminative pensive meditative broody hen setting hen moody down crabby cross
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Antonyms

happy comical frivolous observant attentive mindless
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Hypernyms

biddy hen

Derivatives

broodier broodiest

Anagrams

doobry

Examples

A Royal Commission is a broody hen sitting on a china egg. Michael Foot

When I was a small boy, following the affairs of the House of Commons as closely as I could, I asked my father what a Royal Commission was. He said, "It is a broody hen sitting on a china egg." Michael Foot

When you take into public ownership a profitable industry the profits soon disappear. The goose that laid the golden eggs goes broody. State geese are not great layers. Margaret Thatcher

I've been broody since I was 12, but I can't just get anyone pregnant. It has got to be the right person. Benedict Cumberbatch

Better a handful of dried figs and content with that, than to own the gate of peacocks and be kicked in the eye by a broody camel. Moroccan Proverb

Better a handful of dry dates and content therewith than to own the Gate of Peacocks and be kicked in the eye by a broody camel. Arabic Proverb

Close letter words and terms

broodsome broodstock broodstrain broody hen broogh brook