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Detailed Synonyms for brood in English

brood:

brood [the ~] nom

  1. the brood
    the children; the descendants; the offspring; the progeny; the brood; the successors
  2. the brood
    the brooding; the brood; the sitting
  3. the brood
    the brood
  4. the brood
    the brood; the young animals
  5. the brood
    – the young of an animal cared for at one time 1
    the brood
    – the young of an animal cared for at one time 1

to brood verbe (broods, brooded, brooding)

  1. to brood
    to think; to consider; to ponder; cogitate; to muse; to brood; to wonder; to reflect
    • think verbe (thinks, thought, thinking)
    • consider verbe (considers, considered, considering)
    • ponder verbe (ponders, pondered, pondering)
    • cogitate verbe
    • muse verbe (muses, mused, musing)
    • brood verbe (broods, brooded, brooding)
    • wonder verbe (wonders, wondered, wondering)
    • reflect verbe (reflects, reflected, reflecting)
  2. to brood
    to bother; to worry; to fret; to brood; to mope
    • bother verbe (bothers, bothered, bothering)
    • worry verbe (worries, worried, worrying)
    • fret verbe (frets, fretted, fretting)
    • brood verbe (broods, brooded, brooding)
    • mope verbe (mopes, moped, moping)
  3. to brood
    to worry; to fret; to brood
    • worry verbe (worries, worried, worrying)
    • fret verbe (frets, fretted, fretting)
    • brood verbe (broods, brooded, brooding)
  4. to brood
    – sit on (eggs) 1
    to cover; to hatch; to brood; incubate
    – sit on (eggs) 1
    • cover verbe (covers, covered, covering)
      • The female covers the eggs1
    • hatch verbe (hatches, hatched, hatching)
    • brood verbe (broods, brooded, brooding)
      • Birds brood1
    • incubate verbe
  5. to brood
    – think moodily or anxiously about something 1
    to dwell; to brood
    – think moodily or anxiously about something 1
    • dwell verbe (dwells, dwelt, dwelling)
    • brood verbe (broods, brooded, brooding)
  6. to brood
    – be in a huff; be silent or sullen 1
    to stew; to brood; grizzle
    – be in a huff; be silent or sullen 1
    • stew verbe (stews, stewed, stewing)
    • brood verbe (broods, brooded, brooding)
    • grizzle verbe
  7. to brood
    – be in a huff and display one's displeasure 1
    to pout; to brood; to sulk
    – be in a huff and display one's displeasure 1
    • pout verbe (pouts, pouted, pouting)
      • She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted1
    • brood verbe (broods, brooded, brooding)
    • sulk verbe (sulks, sulked, sulking)
  8. to brood
    – hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing 1
    loom; to hover; to brood; bulk large
    – hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing 1
    • loom verbe
    • hover verbe (hovers, hovered, hovering)
    • brood verbe (broods, brooded, brooding)
      • The terrible vision brooded over her all day long1
    • bulk large verbe

Conjugations for brood:

present
  1. brood
  2. brood
  3. broods
  4. brood
  5. brood
  6. brood
simple past
  1. brooded
  2. brooded
  3. brooded
  4. brooded
  5. brooded
  6. brooded
present perfect
  1. have brooded
  2. have brooded
  3. has brooded
  4. have brooded
  5. have brooded
  6. have brooded
past continuous
  1. was brooding
  2. were brooding
  3. was brooding
  4. were brooding
  5. were brooding
  6. were brooding
future
  1. shall brood
  2. will brood
  3. will brood
  4. shall brood
  5. will brood
  6. will brood
continuous present
  1. am brooding
  2. are brooding
  3. is brooding
  4. are brooding
  5. are brooding
  6. are brooding
subjunctive
  1. be brooded
  2. be brooded
  3. be brooded
  4. be brooded
  5. be brooded
  6. be brooded
diverse
  1. brood!
  2. let's brood!
  3. brooded
  4. brooding
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

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Related Definitions for "brood":

  1. the young of an animal cared for at one time1
  2. sit on (eggs)1
    • Birds brood1
  3. think moodily or anxiously about something1
  4. be in a huff; be silent or sullen1
  5. be in a huff and display one's displeasure1
  6. hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing1
    • The terrible vision brooded over her all day long1

Related Synonyms for brood