BROODY vs PENSIVE: NOUN
- A female bird which is in the condition to incubate eggs; a broody hen, duck, etc.
- A domestic hen ready to brood
- N/A
BROODY vs PENSIVE: ADJECTIVE
- Persistently or morbidly thoughtful
- Meditative; contemplative.
- Oppressive.
- Disposed to sit on eggs to hatch them.
- Inclined to brood.
- Sitting persistently and protectively on a nest, in order to hatch eggs (eg, 'a broody hen').
- Physiologically ready to incubate eggs
- Acting interested in raising young.
- Showing pensive sadness
- Persistently or morbidly thoughtful
- Engaged in deep and serious thought.
- Showing or expressing deep, often melancholy thought.
- Thoughtful, sober, or sad; employed in serious reflection; given to, or favorable to, earnest or melancholy musing.
- Expressing or suggesting thoughtfulness with sadness.
- Having the appearance of deep, often melancholic, thinking.
- Looking thoughtful, especially from sadness.
- Deeply or seriously thoughtful
BROODY vs PENSIVE: OTHER WORD TYPES
- Deeply or seriously thoughtful
- Of a brooding disposition; inclined to brood or sit, as a hen.
- Breeding or adapted for breeding: as, a broody bitch.
- Synonyms Meditative, reflective, sober.
- Expressing thoughtfulness with sadness; betokening or conducive to thoughtful or earnest musing.
- Engaged in serious thought or reflection; given to earnest musing: often implying some degree of anxiety, depression, or gloom; thoughtful and somewhat melancholy.
BROODY vs PENSIVE: RELATED WORDS
- Hens, Hen, Brood hen, Setting hen, Oviparous, Pondering, Thoughtful, Reflective, Musing, Meditative, Broody hen, Contemplative, Ruminative, Pensive, Brooding
- Introspective, Melancholy, Melancholic, Phlegmatic, Pondering, Sad, Musing, Reflective, Broody, Thoughtful, Meditative, Ruminative, Brooding, Contemplative, Wistful
BROODY vs PENSIVE: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Clingy, Moody, Sullen, Morose, Hen, Oviparous, Pondering, Thoughtful, Reflective, Musing, Meditative, Contemplative, Ruminative, Pensive, Brooding
- Introspective, Melancholy, Melancholic, Phlegmatic, Pondering, Sad, Musing, Reflective, Broody, Thoughtful, Meditative, Ruminative, Brooding, Contemplative, Wistful
BROODY vs PENSIVE: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- Cochins do tend to go broody a lot and make excellent mothers.
- They are not very broody and tend to be a little flighty.
- Remaining eggs should be kept in the nest of other broody hen.
- So they are actually pretty good layer when not broody.
- Jess, and all his broody drama, arrives in town.
- They are cold hardy, good mother hens, and broody.
- Silent and broody worked for the chicks though.
- She has been broody for about a week.
- Love all things dark, broody, romance and paranormal?
- Occasionally, the Brahmas will go broody and are good broody hens.
- Pensive Face, but with a sadder, more hurt expression.
- Image: Pensive young woman holding smart phone at workplace.
- Proctor, is engaged in pensive selfreflection regarding his life.
- Len nodded, his own expression calmer, more pensive.
- Now Tom could see his face: pensive, withdrawn.
- Fr: My leasure serves me pensive daughter now.
- But why so pensive, my good master Fox?
- The Governor General found him pensive and sad.
- The audience will long remember that pensive night.
- It can also refer to any pensive or reflective poem that is nostalgic or melancholy, or to a short, pensive musical composition.
BROODY vs PENSIVE: QUESTIONS
- What does it mean when a broody hen just stares at nothing?
- How long can a hen sit on her eggs before going broody?
- How long can you leave a broody hen alone with chicks?
- What happens to the other eggs when a chook goes broody?
- Which chicken breeds are the most likely to go broody?
- When to remove unhatched eggs from under broody with chicks?
- What did Danniella Westbrook say about Being broody?
- Does being around babies make Kate Middleton broody?
- What can broody Ducks teach you about homesteading?
- Can a broody chicken cause other hens to turn broody?
- What is the best example of pensive reflection in the poem?
- How did David Drayton become part of X-Pensive Winos?
- What are some examples of pensive behavior in the Bible?