Antonyms for brood over

Grammar : Verb

Spell : brood

Phonetic Transcription : brud

Definition of brood over

Origin : Old English brod "brood, fetus, hatchling," from Proto-Germanic *brod (cf. Middle Dutch broet, Old High German bruot, German Brut "brood"), literally "that which is hatched by heat," from *bro- "to warm, heat," from PIE *bhre- "burn, heat, incubate," from root *bhreue- "to boil, bubble, effervesce, burn" (see brew (v.)).

As in meditate : verb contemplate
As in mull : verb think about seriously
As in remember : verb keep in mind; summon into mind
As in study : verb contemplate, learn
As in lucubrate : verb study
As in concentrate : verb think about closely
As in contemplate : verb think about seriously; plan
As in harbor : verb hold in imagination
As in hover : verb hang, float over

Example sentences :

It is well to be prepared for it, but it is ill to brood over a fancied future of evil.
Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald

Yet, think of it, brood over it as I would, there was no help for it.
Extract from : « The Romance of Golden Star ... » by George Chetwynd Griffith

It was like the stillness and the death that brood over the Dead Sea.
Extract from : « Daring and Suffering: » by William Pittenger

The heavy scent of the roses seemed to brood over everything.
Extract from : « The Picture of Dorian Gray » by Oscar Wilde

Still, Farmer Grey was not a man to sit by himself and brood over his sorrow.
Extract from : « Taking Tales » by W.H.G. Kingston

She had enough of bitterness to brood over, and some excuse for self-pity.
Extract from : « The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, Complete » by George Meredith

She was silent, and Carlo had to brood over something as well.
Extract from : « Vittoria, Complete » by George Meredith

They'd have time to brood over it, to get the agitators started.
Extract from : « The Dwelling Place of Light, Complete » by Winston Churchill

Jack was given no more leisure to brood over his own misfortunes.
Extract from : « Blackbeard: Buccaneer » by Ralph D. Paine

The formless god who has begun to brood over the West is called "On."
Extract from : « Eugenics and Other Evils » by G. K. Chesterton

Synonyms for brood over

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