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Synonyms for "broody" in English

Summary

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broody:
- contemplative; reflective; pensive; pondering; brooding; musing; meditative; ruminative; broody
- setting hen; broody; sitter; broody hen; brood hen

English

Detailed Synonyms for broody in English

broody:

broody adj

broody

– deeply or seriously thoughtful ¹
contemplative; reflective; pensive; pondering; brooding; musing; meditative; ruminative; broody
– deeply or seriously thoughtful ¹
- contemplative adj
- reflective adj
- pensive adj
- pondering adj
- brooding adj
  - Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the 'Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man¹
- musing adj
- meditative adj
- ruminative adj
- broody adj
broody

– physiologically ready to incubate eggs ¹
broody
– physiologically ready to incubate eggs ¹
- broody adj
  - a broody hen¹

broody [the ~] nom

the broody

– a domestic hen ready to brood ¹
the setting hen; the broody; the sitter; the broody hen; the brood hen
– a domestic hen ready to brood ¹
- setting hen [the ~] nom
- broody [the ~] nom
- sitter [the ~] nom
- broody hen [the ~] nom
- brood hen [the ~] nom

Related Words for "broody":

broodier, broodiest

Alternate Synonyms for "broody":

oviparous
brooding; contemplative; meditative; musing; pensive; pondering; reflective; ruminative; thoughtful
brood hen; broody hen; setting hen; sitter; hen; biddy

Related Definitions for "broody":

deeply or seriously thoughtful¹
physiologically ready to incubate eggs¹
- a broody hen¹
a domestic hen ready to brood¹

Related Synonyms for broody

broody hen

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