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
- 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
- abject
- all torn up
- atrabilious
- black
- bleak
- blue
- blue funk
- broody
- bummed out
- cast down
- chapfallen
- cheerless
- clouded
- crabbed
- crestfallen
- dampened
- dark
- dashed
- dejected
- depressed
- desolate
- despondent
- disconsolate
- discouraged
- disheartened
- dismal
- dispirited
- doleful
- dour
- down
- down in the dumps
- down in the mouth
- downcast
- downhearted
- dragged
- dreary
- drooping
- droopy
- forlorn
- gloomy
- glum
- heavyhearted
- hurting
- in low spirits
- in the dumps
- in the pits
- joyless
- low
- low-spirited
- melancholy
- mirthless
- miserable
- moody
- mopey
- moping
- mopish
- morose
- mournful
- oppressed
- pessimistic
- sad
- sagging
- saturnine
- shot down
- solemn
- somber
- spiritless
- sulky
- sullen
- surly
- ugly
- unhappy
- weary
- woebegone
- woeful
- wretched
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