Etymological root
brōd
Old English
Words from this root(3)
brood
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/bɹuːd/
To think anxiously or unhappily about something for a long time.
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brooding
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/ˈbrudɪŋ/
deeply and gloomily thoughtful; menacingly somber
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broody
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/ˈbrudi/
moodily silent or melancholy; (of a hen) inclined to incubate eggs
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