Thesaurus / brood
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He returned in ten minutes or so, having sat for that period behind a neighbouring tree to brood over his circumstances.
HUNTING THE LIONSR.M. BALLANTYNEWhat can be prettier than a brood of chickens with a good motherly hen, like the one in this picture!
THE NURSERY, JULY 1873, VOL. XIV. NO. 1VARIOUSWhat will you be, some day, when Posey lays eggs, and brings out a brood of little chickens?
THE NURSERY, JULY 1873, VOL. XIV. NO. 1VARIOUSA portly woman, whom Isabel knew to be the mother of a brood, was far more anxious to please.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTONFinally only one duckling remained in the middle of the river, probably at once the strongest and most foolish of the brood.
GOLD-SEEKING ON THE DALTON TRAILARTHUR R. THOMPSONThere lay the callow brood marked out by Nature and man, for her ministrations.
THE DAUGHTERS OF DANAUSMONA CAIRDThe young brood of grasshoppers had all been swept away in the flood, or perished in the long, cold storm.
A FORTUNE HUNTER; OR, THE OLD STONE CORRALJOHN DUNLOE CARTERETAn elderly hen, that has counted its brood seven times, on each occasion finding one or two missing, not more perturbed.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI, VOL. 108, APRIL 6, 1895VARIOUSIn the upper region of the air there is eternal calm and sunshine, while the clouds brood and crash below.
ALONEMARION HARLANDThe Reform Bill, in its ultimate effects, has crushed the brood whom it warmed into life.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, VOLUME 67, NUMBER 414, APRIL, 1850VARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO BROOD
- analyze
- appraise
- appreciate
- brood
- cerebrate
- cogitate
- comprehend
- conceive
- consider
- deduce
- deliberate
- estimate
- evaluate
- examine
- figure out
- have in mind
- ideate
- imagine
- infer
- intellectualize
- judge
- logicalize
- meditate
- mull
- mull over
- muse
- ponder
- rack one's brains
- rationalize
- reason
- reflect
- resolve
- revolve
- ruminate
- sort out
- speculate
- stew
- stop to consider
- study
- take under consideration
- turn over
- use one's head
- weigh
- afflicts
- aggrieves
- agonizes
- ails
- annoys
- attacks
- bedevils
- beleaguers
- besets
- bites one's nails
- bothers
- broods
- bugs
- chafes
- concern oneself
- depresses
- despairs
- disquiets
- distresses
- disturbs
- duns
- feels uneasy
- frets
- gnaws at
- goads
- goes for
- harasses
- harries
- has qualms
- hassles
- hectors
- importunes
- irritates
- needles
- oppresses
- persecutes
- perturbs
- pesters
- plagues
- stews
- sweats out
- takes on
- tantalizes
- tears
- teases
- tests
- torments
- tortures
- tries
- troubles
- unsettles
- upsets
- vexes
- winces
- writhes
- wrongs
- afflict
- aggrieve
- agonize
- ail
- annoy
- attack
- bedevil
- beleaguer
- beset
- bite one's nails
- bother
- brood
- bug
- chafe
- concern oneself
- depress
- despair
- disquiet
- distress
- disturb
- dun
- feel uneasy
- fret
- gnaw at
- go for
- goad
- harass
- harry
- hassle
- have qualms
- hector
- importune
- irritate
- needle
- oppress
- persecute
- perturb
- pester
- plague
- stew
- sweat out
- take on
- tantalize
- tear
- tease
- test
- torment
- torture
- trouble
- try
- unsettle
- upset
- vex
- wince
- writhe
- wrong
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