broody
3
8.0
- adjective
- /ˈbruːdi/
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pensativo
- I got cross from lack of sleep, and Cavell seemed broody.
- broody type
- go broody
Examples
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Dark, broody, and creepy.
Blog text (21) -
If you go back to the Lee/Ditko era comics, Pete's a pretty broody guy.
Blog text (24) -
But seeing things like that does make me quite broody, I have to say.
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But I guess she was broody even then.
Blog text (4) -
Doesn't it make you both feel a little bit broody, you girls?
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Marmalade was broody for what seemed like forever.
Blog text (2) -
All of this comes—in surfeit—near the anniversary of my divorce, a time when I routinely feel broody and insubstantial, and spend days puzzling over that summer seven years ago, when life swerved badly and I, somehow at a loss.
Fiction book (1996) -
The rainy weather made him feel particularly broody, as he contemplated his future.
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After reflecting on her past, she often found herself feeling broody and lost in thought.
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He stared out the window, looking broody, while pondering the choices he had made.
Synonyms
377
1.0
Feeling gloomy and sad
52
4.6
Serious and sad in feeling or mood
38
4.5
A person who thinks carefully about ideas or feelings
37
5.9
Feeling or showing deep sadness
29
2.5
Feeling sad and without much hope
23
4.1
Looking or feeling sad and quiet
17
6.5
Feeling sad and thoughtful while remembering the past
17
5.6
Thinking deeply and quietly in a calm way
15
6.0
Thinking deeply and quietly, often for a long time
15
7.9
Being quiet and unhappy and showing little interest in others
14
3.6
Feeling very sad because of loss or disappointment
14
7.0
Being quiet and deep in thought, often a little sad
8
6.2
Having a quiet, serious mood that feels dark
1
5.6
Dark and cloudy, making a place feel gloomy
1
7.9
Thinking deeply about something, often in a quiet way
Thinking carefully for a long time about something
Being quiet and thinking deeply about something
Antonyms
Compounds
How Thoughtful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Broody meaning thoughtful or gloomy comes from the same root brood and the image of a bird sitting quietly over its eggs; people who 'brood' sit and think for a long time about something. So a broody look or mood is serious, quiet, and often a little sad.