Synonyms for brood over
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : brood |
| Phonetic Transcription : brud |
Top 10 synonyms for brood over Other synonyms for the word brood over
- apply oneself
- aspire to
- attend
- be engrossed in
- be suspended
- bear in mind
- bethink
- bone up
- bring to bear
- brood over
- burn midnight oil
- bury oneself in
- call to mind
- call up
- center
- chaw
- chew over
- cite
- coach
- cogitate
- conjure up
- consider
- consider closely
- cool out
- crack one's brains
- crack the books
- cram
- dance
- delay
- deliberate
- design
- devise
- dig
- dig into the past
- direct attention
- dive into
- dream
- dwell upon
- educe
- elicit
- enshrine
- entertain
- entertain idea
- examine
- excogitate
- expect
- extract
- figure
- fix attention
- fix in the mind
- fixate
- flash on
- flicker
- flit
- flitter
- flutter
- fly
- focus
- focus attention
- foresee
- foster
- get
- get on the beam
- give attention
- go back
- go into
- go over
- grind
- hammer
- hammer away at
- hang about
- have in mind
- have memories
- head trip
- hit the books
- hold
- hold dear
- imagine
- inquire
- intend
- intensify
- keep forever
- kick around
- know by heart
- knuckle down
- learn
- learn the ropes
- linger
- look back
- lucubrate
- maintain
- mean
- meditate
- meditate on
- memorialize
- memorize
- mind
- moon
- mull over
- muse
- muse on
- muse over
- nail down
- need
- nurse
- nurture
- observe
- occupy thoughts
- percolate
- perpend
- peruse
- plan
- plug
- plunge
- poise
- polish up
- ponder
- pore over
- pour it on
- procrastinate
- propose
- purpose
- put
- put mind to
- put on thinking cap
- puzzle over
- rack one's brains
- read
- read up
- recall
- recognize
- recollect
- reflect
- reflect upon
- refresh
- refresh memory
- regard
- relive
- remind
- reminisce
- retain
- retrospect
- review
- revive
- revoke
- revolve
- ring a bell
- rivet
- roll
- ruminate
- say to oneself
- scheme
- scrutinize
- set
- settle
- size up
- speculate
- stew over
- strike a note
- study
- summon up
- sweat
- sweat over
- take in
- think
- think back
- think deeply
- think hard
- think of
- think out
- think over
- track
- treasure
- turn over
- tutor
- view
- wait nearby
- waver
- weigh
- woolgather
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for brood over
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