| Main Entry: | brood |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | agonize over |
Synonyms: |
be in brown study, bleed, chafe inwardly, consider, daydream, deliberate, despond, dream, dwell upon, eat one's heart out, fret, gloom, grieve, lament, languish, meditate, mope, mull over, muse, ponder, reflect, repine, ruminate, sigh, speculate, stew over, sulk, sweat out, sweat over, think about, think upon, worry |
Antonyms: |
not worry |
| Main Entry: | deliberate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think about seriously; discuss |
Synonyms: |
argue, bat it around, cerebrate, chew over, cogitate, consider, consult, contemplate, debate, excogitate, hammer away at, judge, kick around, knock around, meditate, mull over, muse, ponder, pour it on, put on thinking cap, rack brains, reason, reflect, revolve, roll, ruminate, run up a flagpole, speculate, stew over, study, sweat over, talk over, turn over, weigh |
| Main Entry: | mope |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pout, be dejected |
Synonyms: |
ache, be apathetic, be down in the mouth, be gloomy, be in a funk, bleed, brood, chafe, despair, despond, droop, eat one's heart out, fret, grieve, grumble, grump, idle, lament, languish, lose heart, moon, pine, pine away, regret, repine, sink, stew over, sulk, sweat over, waste time, wear a long face, yearn |
Antonyms: |
be elated, be happy |
| Main Entry: | mull |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think about seriously |
Synonyms: |
brood over, chaw, consider, contemplate, delay, deliberate, examine, figure, hammer away at, linger, meditate, moon*, muse on, ponder, pore over, procrastinate, rack one's brains, reflect, review, revolve, ruminate, stew over, study, sweat over, think over, turn over, weigh, woolgather |
Antonyms: |
ignore, neglect |