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brood·y

 (bro͞o′dē)
adj. brood·i·er, brood·i·est
1.
a. Meditative; contemplative.
b. Oppressive: "The room's air was broody and sullen, like the season's own, full of storm clouds" (Nicholas Proffitt).
2. Disposed to sit on eggs to hatch them: a broody hen.
brood′i·ness n.
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broody

(ˈbruːdɪ)
adj, broodier or broodiest
1. moody; meditative; introspective
2. (Breeds) (of poultry) wishing to sit on or hatch eggs
3. informal (of a woman) wishing to have a baby of her own
ˈbroodiness n
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brood•y

(ˈbru di)

adj. brood•i•er, brood•i•est.
1. moody.
2. inclined to sit on eggs: a broody hen.
[1505–15]
brood′i•ness, n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.broody - a domestic hen ready to brood
brood hen, broody hen, setting hen, sitter
biddy, hen - adult female chicken
Adj.1.broody - physiologically ready to incubate eggs; "a broody hen"
oviparous - egg-laying
2.broody - deeply or seriously thoughtful; "Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the 'Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man";
brooding, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative
thoughtful - exhibiting or characterized by careful thought; "a thoughtful paper"
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broody

[ˈbruːdɪ] ADJ (broodier (compar) (broodiest (superl)))
1. [hen] → clueca [woman] → con ganas de tener hijos
2. (= pensive) → triste, melancólico
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

broody

[ˈbruːdi] adj
(= gloomy) → taciturne, mélancolique
[woman] (British) → en mal d'enfant
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

broody

adj
hen → brütig; the hen is broody → die Henne gluckt; to be feeling broody (hum inf) → den Wunsch nach einem Kind haben
person → grüblerisch; (= sad, moody) → schwerblütig
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

broody

[ˈbruːdɪ] adj (fig) → cupo/a e taciturno/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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