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Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'brood'

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1. (verb) brood
the young of an animal cared for at one time

2. (verb) brood, dwell
think moodily or anxiously about something
Synonyms: harp, live, stew, populate, pout, brood, bulk large, hatch, sulk, hover, dwell, lie, lie in, loom, cover, consist, grizzle, incubate, inhabit

3. (verb) brood, hover, loom, bulk large
hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing
Synonyms: levitate, stew, hover, predominate, loom, linger, bulk large, oscillate, sulk, dwell, pout, hatch, cover, hulk, vacillate, grizzle, incubate, vibrate, tower, brood

4. (verb) sulk, pout, brood
be in a huff and display one's displeasure
Synonyms: cover, stew, sulk, mow, dwell, loom, hatch, grizzle, pout, mop, brood, hover, bulk large, incubate

5. (verb) grizzle, brood, stew
be in a huff; be silent or sullen
Synonyms: grudge, cover, sulk, loom, dwell, yawp, brood, hatch, grizzle, yammer, pout, incubate, stew, whine, hover, bulk large

6. (verb) brood, hatch, cover, incubate
sit on (eggs)
Synonyms: dwell, brood, get over, embrace, insure, plow, hover, enshroud, compensate, breed, encompass, shroud, continue, stew, treat, hatch, incubate, report, extend, cut across, cut through, deal, loom, underwrite, overcompensate, address, spread over, concoct, traverse, dream up, pout, pass over, grizzle, comprehend, handle, overlay, think of, cover, think up, cross, sulk, get across, wrap up, hide, bulk large, cover up, track

Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'brood'

English Synonyms and Antonyms

1. brood
Group is the general word for any gathering of a small number of objects, whether of persons, animals, or inanimate things. The individuals in a brood or litter are related to each other; those
Synonyms: flock, bevy, covey, group, herd, lot, set, brood, drove, hatch, litter, pack, swarm

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