Broody
adjective
A person or animal that wants to have children or babies.
After getting married, she started feeling broody.
Often appears as...
- feeling broody
- too broody
adjective
A hen that wants to sit on eggs to hatch them into chicks.
The broody hen sat on her eggs in the coop.
Often appears as...
- broody hen
- go broody
adjective
Deep in thought, usually about something worrying or upsetting.
He seemed quiet and broody all evening.
Often appears as...
- broody mood
- feeling broody
adjective
A person or animal that wants to have children or babies.
After getting married, she started feeling broody.
Often appears as...
- feeling broody
- too broody
adjective
A hen that wants to sit on eggs to hatch them into chicks.
The broody hen sat on her eggs in the coop.
Often appears as...
- broody hen
- go broody
adjective
Deep in thought, usually about something worrying or upsetting.
He seemed quiet and broody all evening.
Often appears as...
- broody mood
- feeling broody
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Desire for Parenthood
Refers to a strong desire to have children, usually observed in humans.
Seeing her friends with toddlers made her feel increasingly broody.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Connotation
Carries emotional weight and may imply a mixture of longing and affection.
His story about raising puppies left her feeling unexpectedly broody.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Context
Often used in personal discussions about family planning and children.
The couple had a serious talk when they both started feeling broody.
Pro Tip 1/3Desire for Parenthood
Refers to a strong desire to have children, usually observed in humans.
Seeing her friends with toddlers made her feel increasingly broody.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Connotation
Carries emotional weight and may imply a mixture of longing and affection.
His story about raising puppies left her feeling unexpectedly broody.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Context
Often used in personal discussions about family planning and children.
The couple had a serious talk when they both started feeling broody.
Pro Tip 1/3Desire for Parenthood
Refers to a strong desire to have children, usually observed in humans.
Seeing her friends with toddlers made her feel increasingly broody.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Connotation
Carries emotional weight and may imply a mixture of longing and affection.
His story about raising puppies left her feeling unexpectedly broody.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Context
Often used in personal discussions about family planning and children.
The couple had a serious talk when they both started feeling broody.
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Video examples
Baby Penguin Escapes...
and they aren't the only broody penguins soon there are so many baby snatches they block the father's path at every turn
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Baby Penguin Escapes...
and they aren't the only broody penguins soon there are so many baby snatches they block the father's path at every turn
Example 1 of 1
Quote examples
Kathy Burke
English Actress
I went through moody broody... well, I met one person and I thought 'if I am going to have a child with anybody it is going to be with this guy. Anyway it didn't happen because he had a girlfriend and I tried not to sleep with people if they had girlfriends.
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Randeep Hooda
Indian Actor
There is no need to change my image. I like my image, and the audience likes it, too. I am very comfortable with the kind of roles I do, and as I am not doing the same character or playing myself. I explore my characters; I don't brood over my broody image.
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Maura Higgins
Irish Model
Since turning 30 I'm more broody. My best friend back home just had a baby and honestly my ovaries are not able to cope.
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Tahir Raj Bhasin
Indian Actor
Grey characters don't only mean broody characters. A totally smitten lover boy can be equally grey if written that way.
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Benedict Cumberbatch
English Actor
I've been broody since I was 12, but I can't just get anyone pregnant. It has got to be the right person.
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Olly Murs
English Musician
I'd love to meet the right girl and have a family. I'm very broody.
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Michael Foot
English Politician
A Royal Commission is a broody hen sitting on a china egg.
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Rylan Clark-Neal
English Celebrity
I've been broody since the age of 12.
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Kathy Burke
English Actress
I went through moody broody... well, I met one person and I thought 'if I am going to have a child with anybody it is going to be with this guy. Anyway it didn't happen because he had a girlfriend and I tried not to sleep with people if they had girlfriends.
Quote examples
Randeep Hooda
Indian Actor
There is no need to change my image. I like my image, and the audience likes it, too. I am very comfortable with the kind of roles I do, and as I am not doing the same character or playing myself. I explore my characters; I don't brood over my broody image.
Quote examples
Maura Higgins
Irish Model
Since turning 30 I'm more broody. My best friend back home just had a baby and honestly my ovaries are not able to cope.
Quote examples
Tahir Raj Bhasin
Indian Actor
Grey characters don't only mean broody characters. A totally smitten lover boy can be equally grey if written that way.
Quote examples
Benedict Cumberbatch
English Actor
I've been broody since I was 12, but I can't just get anyone pregnant. It has got to be the right person.
Quote examples
Olly Murs
English Musician
I'd love to meet the right girl and have a family. I'm very broody.
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Michael Foot
English Politician
A Royal Commission is a broody hen sitting on a china egg.
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Rylan Clark-Neal
English Celebrity
I've been broody since the age of 12.
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