broodyadjective
uk/ˈbruː.di/us/ˈbruː.di/broody adjective (WANTING YOUNG)
If a hen (= female chicken) is broody, she is ready to produce eggs and sit on them.
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Animal reproduction
- asexual
- bird
- breed
- egg
- embryo
- embryology
- embryonic
- estrogen
- fertilize
- fetus
- incubate
- infertile
- inseminate
- lamb
- mate
- ova
- reproduction
- spawning ground
- spermatozoon
- the birds and the bees idiom
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broody adjective (WANTING CHILDREN)
informal If someone, especially a woman, is broody, she feels as if she would like to have a baby:
Much to her surprise, Ruth started feeling broody in her late twenties.
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Obstetrics: pregnancy
- anti-choice
- artificial insemination
- backstreet abortion
- carry
- child
- conceive
- ectopic pregnancy
- embryo
- embryonic
- expect
- expectant
- family
- fruitful
- full-term
- have a bun in the oven idiom
- IVF
- late-term
- pro-choice
- pro-life
- trouble
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broody adjective (WORRIED)
always thinking unhappy thoughts
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Feeling sad and unhappy
- (down) in the dumps idiom
- a dog's life idiom
- a long face idiom
- abject
- be cut up idiom
- be down in the mouth idiom
- be in a funk idiom
- bruised
- distressed
- dog
- doleful
- dour
- grieving
- miserably
- moody
- mope
- mope around (somewhere)
- morose
- mournful
- wretched
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broodiness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈbruː.di.nəs/us/ˈbruː.di.nəs/
It always brings on an attack of broodiness when I see my sister and her children.