- Meditative; contemplative.
- Oppressive: “The room's air was broody and sullen, like the season's own, full of storm clouds” (Nicholas Proffitt).
- Disposed to sit on eggs to hatch them: a broody hen.
|
Results for broody
|
On this page:
|
The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
a domestic hen ready to brood
Synonyms: brood hen, broody hen, setting hen, sitter
The adjective broody has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1:
physiologically ready to incubate eggs
Meaning #2:
persistently or morbidly thoughtful
Synonyms: brooding, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative
Join the WikiAnswers Q&A community. Post a question or answer questions about "broody" at WikiAnswers.
Copyrights:
![]() | Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2007. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Read more | |
![]() | WordNet. WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Read more |
Mentioned In: