broodiness
Contemplative, sullen state
Broodiness is a state of being broody.
In poultry, it's the instinct to sit on eggs until they hatch—a hen overcome by broodiness neglects eating and refuses to leave the nest.
In humans, it describes the longing to have children: She felt a sudden broodiness when holding her nephew.
It can also mean a moody, withdrawn temperament: His broodiness made him difficult company.
Emergence from an egg
- nestAnimal-built shelter for young
- eggsReproductive cells in shells
- warmthHeat you feel
- chicksNewly hatched birds
clutch · sitting · hen · fowl · poultry · embryo · fertility · breeding
Quietly, sadly thoughtful
- moodyProne to sullenness
- sullenSilently bad-tempered
- withdrawnEmotionally distant, disengaged
- moroseSullenly ill-humored
introspective · gloomy · contemplative · wistful · ruminating · sulky · glum · moping
Supportive care-giving
- motherhoodState of being a female parent
- nesting instinctDrive to prepare home
- baby feverLonging for a child
- biological clockInnate cycle regulator
longing · yearning · bonding · attachment · caregiving · tenderness · protectiveness · devotion
hatching
Emergence from an egg
chicks · clutch · sitting · hen · fowl · poultry · embryo · fertility · breeding · laying
pensive
Quietly, sadly thoughtful
morose · introspective · gloomy · contemplative · wistful · ruminating · sulky · glum · moping · downcast
nurturing
Supportive care-giving
- motherhoodState of being a female parent
- nesting instinctDrive to prepare home
- baby feverLonging for a child
biological clock · longing · yearning · bonding · attachment · caregiving · tenderness · protectiveness · devotion · parenting
irritable
Easily provoked to annoyance
touchy · testy · fretful · peevish · cranky · moody · sulky · snappish · short-tempered · restless
- poultry traitsegg production, egg size, feather color, temperament, egg laying
- bird behaviorsflying, soaring, perching, nesting, migrating
broodinesscheerfulness
State of bright spirits
lightheartedness · joy · happiness · buoyancy · liveliness
broodinessgregariousness
Love of being social
sociability · outgoingness · conviviality · expressiveness · liveliness
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