Synonyms of brooked

brooked 1 of 2

adjective

as in countenanced

Synonyms & Similar Words

• countenanced
• sanctioned
• permitted
• condoned
• supported
• promoted
• legitimate
• granted
• okay
• endorsed
• lawful
• appropriate
• commanded
• accepted
• vouchsafed
• allowed
• approved
• authorized
• legal
• accorded
• encouraged
• acceptable
• warranted
• certified
• mandatory
• indorsed
• required
• licensed
• tolerated
• accredited
• OK
• tolerable
• ordered
• endurable
• bearable
• unobjectionable
• suitable
• allowable
• permissible
• seemly
• permissive
• sufferable
• proper

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• prohibited
• forbidden
• barred
• impermissible
• proscribed
• taboo
• intolerable
• unacceptable
• unbearable
• unendurable
• outlawed
• interdicted
• verboten
• unlawful
• improper
• banned
• illegal
• tabu
• inappropriate
• unauthorized
• illicit
• illegitimate
• unlicensed

brooked

2 of 2

verb

past tense of brook

as in tolerated

to put up with (something painful or difficult)

I will not brook insults from my own employees

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tolerated
• endured
• accepted
• stood
• handled
• took
• sustained
• countenanced
• absorbed
• stomached
• met
• swallowed
• bore
• abided
• supported
• wore
• stood for
• pocketed
• hacked
• stuck out
• lumped (it)
• lived with
• suffered
• bode
• bided
• went
• sweated out
• permitted
• allowed
• abode
• sweat out
• toughed it out
• acquiesced
• capitulated
• respected
• submitted (to)
• reconciled (to)
• yielded (to)
• agreed (with or to)
• consented (to)
• assented (to)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• refused
• dismissed
• rejected
• opposed
• declined
• repudiated
• turned down
• resisted
• fought
• avoided
• spurned
• contested
• escaped
• missed
• evaded
• eluded
• combated
• bypassed
• combatted
• circumvented
• dodged
• refrained (from)
• abstained (from)
• forbore