broody vs gloomy

broody

adj
  • Brooding, dwelling upon one's thoughts; moody. 

  • Of birds: sitting persistently and protectively on a nest, in order to hatch eggs. 

  • Of any creature or person: showing an interest in raising young. 

  • Gloomy. 

noun
  • A female bird in the condition to incubate eggs; a broody hen, duck, etc. 

gloomy

adj
  • Suffering from gloom; melancholy; dejected. 

  • Not very illuminated; dim because of darkness, especially when appearing depressing or frightening. 

noun
  • Someone or something that is gloomy or pessimistic. 

How often have the words broody and gloomy occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )