Antonyms for broody

Grammar : Adj

Spell : broo-dee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbru di

Definition of broody

Origin : 1510s, "apt to breed," from brood (v.) + -y (2). Figuratively, of persons, from 1851. Also, in modern use, sometimes "full of maternal yearning." Related: Broodily; broodiness.

As in tenebrific : adj gloomy
As in dejected : adj depressed, blue
As in gloomy : adj feeling down, blue

Example sentences :

There were six, but two of them were broody and went off to steal their nests.
Extract from : « The Lost Wagon » by James Arthur Kjelgaard

Broody hens cannot always be obtained at the time they are wanted.
Extract from : « Our Domestic Birds » by John H. Robinson

She was so broody that she actually insisted on sitting on a Liebig pot.
Extract from : « The Third Class at Miss Kaye's » by Angela Brazil

Also a prefix, denoting augmentation: a. superior; high; broody: ad.
Extract from : « A Pocket Dictionary » by William Richards

A broody blackbird 'chinked' anxiously, and a pigeon wheeled aside with a 'swoof.'
Extract from : « Lives of the Fur Folk » by M. D. Haviland

When she shows that she is broody and has stopped laying she should be given a sitting of eggs which will consist of 10 or 11.
Extract from : « Ducks and Geese » by Harry M. Lamon

Toulouse and Chinese are perhaps the least broody of the breeds and are sometimes termed non-broody.
Extract from : « Ducks and Geese » by Harry M. Lamon

The chickens may be saved either by removing them to other broody hens or by putting them in a flannel wrapping in a warm place.
Extract from : « Our Domestic Birds » by John H. Robinson

Because the broody hen makes a clucking noise, she is sometimes called a clucking hen.
Extract from : « Our Domestic Birds » by John H. Robinson

When a hen is broody, take her off the nest the first night and put her into the new place with an artificial egg or two.
Extract from : « The Library of Work and Play: Outdoor Work » by Mary Rogers Miller

Synonyms for broody

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