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broody
adjective as in dejected
adjective as in gloomy
adjective as in tenebrific
Weak matches
- black
- bleak
- blue
- blue funk
- chapfallen
- cheerless
- crabbed
- crestfallen
- dark
- dejected
- depressed
- desolate
- despondent
- disconsolate
- dismal
- dispirited
- dour
- down in the dumps
- down in the mouth
- downcast
- downhearted
- dragged
- dreary
- forlorn
- glum
- in low spirits
- in the dumps
- joyless
- low
- melancholy
- mirthless
- miserable
- moody
- moping
- mopish
- morose
- mournful
- oppressed
- pessimistic
- sad
- saturnine
- solemn
- somber
- sulky
- sullen
- surly
- ugly
- unhappy
- weary
- woebegone
- woeful
Example Sentences
The “La La Land” and “The Notebook” star, who is a noted musician as well, then took a seat behind a large black piano and donned dark sunglasses for the broody satire.
Stewart’s non-gender-conforming streak started to surface in her portrayal of broody heroine Bella Swan in the “Twilight” saga, which the actor said in a January interview with Variety had a “very Gothic, gay inclination.”
Lucifer seemed likely to trounce broody hero Dream initially — until he asked, “What kills hope?”
Will often go broody; excellent for raising chicks from fertile eggs.
“Whatever, Ms. Gifted-in-Everything. I’m going to check it out. Are you coming with, or are you going back to cower with the rest of the broody hens?”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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