a broody hen
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Broody
//ˈbɹuːdi//
Synonyms for "broody" (28 found)
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Adjective(5 words)
Noun(2 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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21 translations across 14 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- klloçkë noun (female bird in the condition to incubate eggs)
- kllukë noun (female bird in the condition to incubate eggs)
Dutch
1 entries- broedend adj (of birds sitting on a nest in order to hatch)
Galician
1 entries- choca noun (female bird in the condition to incubate eggs)
German
3 entries- brütend adj (of birds sitting on a nest in order to hatch)
- Glucke noun (female bird in the condition to incubate eggs)
- Henne noun (female bird in the condition to incubate eggs)
Irish
1 entries- ar gor adj (of birds sitting on a nest in order to hatch)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- verpende noun (female bird in the condition to incubate eggs)
- verpesyk noun (female bird in the condition to incubate eggs)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- قولوچقه noun (female bird in the condition to incubate eggs)
- پلاچقه noun (female bird in the condition to incubate eggs)
Persian
1 entries- کرچ noun (female bird in the condition to incubate eggs)
Polish
1 entries- nieśna noun (female bird in the condition to incubate eggs)
Russian
1 entries- насе́дка noun (female bird in the condition to incubate eggs)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- cearc-ghur noun (female bird in the condition to incubate eggs)
Spanish
2 entries- clueca noun (female bird in the condition to incubate eggs)
- culeca noun (female bird in the condition to incubate eggs)
Ukrainian
1 entries- кво́чка noun (female bird in the condition to incubate eggs)
Welsh
2 entries- clwc noun (female bird in the condition to incubate eggs)
- gorllyd noun (female bird in the condition to incubate eggs)
Sample sentences
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“Clayton's getting so broody. This might help put things into perspective for him. I want a family, but I need to establish my career first." "I'm not in a rush," Clayton countered. "You practically teared up at the sight of Serena's tiny socks the other day. You've got baby fever bad."
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Then, with unshorn beard and matted hair tangled with straw, his clothes smeared with slime of obscene things which are begotten of damp and darkness, his thoughts broody with wrath and revenge, Kynon was marched through the streets[…]
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He didn't even give me one of his broody looks that gave nothing away about his thoughts at all (except the fact he was broody). He gave me a look I'd never seen on him before. A remorseful one.
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