broody
b rooh dee
- n a domestic hen ready to brood
- s physiologically ready to incubate eggs
a broody hen - s deeply or seriously thoughtful;
- It was solipsistic and histrionic at the same time--broody like Brando, vulnerable like James Dean.
- It has the piece written by a broody piano player (Stefano Dionisi) at a restaurant as a seemingly hopeless love offering to its manager (Erika Marozsan), who is the mistress of .
- The Johnny Depp Public Enemies waved vaguely in their direction, with '30s couture and mature amour, but at heart it was another crime drama, however pensive and broody.