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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