Broody

What do we mean by broody?

Meditative; contemplative. adjective

Oppressive. adjective

Disposed to sit on eggs to hatch them. adjective

Of a brooding disposition; inclined to brood or sit, as a hen.

Breeding or adapted for breeding: as, a broody bitch.

Inclined to brood. adjective

A female bird which is in the condition to incubate eggs; a broody hen, duck, etc. noun

Sitting persistently and protectively on a nest, in order to hatch eggs (eg, 'a broody hen'). adjective

Acting interested in raising young. adjective

Deeply or seriously thoughtful adjective

Physiologically ready to incubate eggs adjective

A domestic hen ready to brood noun

A female bird in the condition to incubate eggs; a broody hen, duck, etc.

Words that are spelled similarly to broody:
broody, brood, bloody, brody, broods, roody, broomy, boody, broady, brooky, groody, broddy.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word broody:
incubate, hen, hens, incubation, cordillera, andes, eggs, laying, breeds, spelled, feathers, peru, lay, birds, mountain, good, lake.

Words that rhyme with broody:
moody, foodie, judy, rudy, nudie, doody, trudy, foody, ludy, rudi, roody, crudy, suidae, judi, scudi, boody, yehudi, gruidae, moodie, rudie, trudie, coody, eudy, zhu de, rhudy, udy, u d, wu di, aboodi, abreu de, accrue de, ado de, ahmoudi, alamoudi, altitude de, altitude he, amplitude d, amplitude de, amplitude e, aptitude he, attitude de, attitude he, avenue d, avenue de, baroody, bartholomew de, berudi, bleu de, certitude de, certitude he, chu de, chudy, conclude he, cou d, cou de, coup d, coup de, debut de, deux de, do d, do de, du d, du de, dude he, due d, due de, due di, ensued he, exactitude de, feud he, food he, fortitude he, fu de, fu di, gratitude he, hou de, howdydoody, hudy, hue de, hugh d, hugh de, include d, include de, include e, interlude he, interview d, interview de, interviewed he, into d, into de, jus de, knew de, latitude de, latitude he, leroux de, lieu d, lieu de, liu d, lu d, lu de.

Adjectives that are often used to describe broody:
little, good.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective broody:
hen, hens, coop, coops, birds, behavior, silence, instinct, period, periods, bird, eyes, times, fowl, condition, fowls, mood, tendency, pen, cells, behaviour, females, strains, genotype, look, duck, daughters, bantams, bantam, chickens, thoughts, hill, silences, goose, cheerfulness, eggs, inclination, habit, strain, spells, heads, sort, season, records, races.

Consonant match to broody:
broader, brady, breeder, brooder, breda, brody, bready, bridie, browder, braider, broder, brady-, bruder, broda, brideau, brader, bread dough, brodeur, broady, broadie, braddy, brad a, brad i, brad who, braid a, braid her, bray d, bread a, bread he, bread high, bread i, bred a, bred her, bred high, breed a, breed he, breed her, breed who, brewed a, brewed her, bride a, bride he, bride her, brie de, broad a, broad day, broad due, broad he, broad who, brood a, brood who, broudy, brydie.

Words that sound like broody:
broody, brady, brody, bridie, bready, broady, broadie, braddy, brodey, bradi, breedy, brood, birdie, birdy, brewed, brodie, bratty, boody, broods, breda, brooder, bruder, boodie, broda, bruta, bruto, brada, baroda, budi, brado, brida, brutto, brideau, brodo, burndy, buddhi, parady, prodi, priddy, preddy, preedy, proddy, predy, body, beauty, booty, brad, braid, brandy, bradley, braids, beretta, bootie, biddy, bodie, bawdy, baddie, beady, brandi, baddy, boddy, bertie, bady, berty, brai, bradly, bodi, beautie, boddie, bodhi, brade, brads, bodey, braai, bootee, beedy, brandie, brahe, bradys, brandee, birdo, bordeau, badie, biretta, braider, bradlee, badi, berardi, bidi, bedi, beedie, be ready, brader, baryta, bird eye, b d, bradt, barato, beedi, bouddha.