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Definitions for Broody

[1] moody; gloomy.
[2] inclined to sit on eggs: a broody hen.
[3] moody; meditative; introspective
[4] (of poultry) wishing to sit on or hatch eggs
[5] informal (of a woman) wishing to have a baby of her own

Words related to Broody

gloomy, dispirited, morose, despondent, crestfallen, glum, discouraged, disheartened, pessimistic, dour, sullen, solemn, forlorn, melancholy, sad, ugly, dismal, depressed, miserable, drooping

Words nearby Broody

brood parasitism, brood pouch, brooder, brooding, broodmare, broody, brook, brook farm, brook park, brook trout, brooke

Origin of Broody

First recorded in 1505–15; brood + -y1

Other words from Broody

brood·i·ness , noun

Synonyms for Broody

black, bleak, blue, blue funk, chapfallen, cheerless, crabbed, crestfallen, dark, dejected, depressed, desolate, despondent, disconsolate, dismal, dispirited, dour, down in the dumps, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, dragged, dreary, forlorn, glum, in low spirits, in the dumps, joyless, low, melancholy, mirthless, miserable, moody, moping, mopish, morose, mournful, oppressed, pessimistic, sad, saturnine, solemn, somber, sulky, sullen, surly, ugly, unhappy, weary, woebegone, woeful