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brooked

verb , past tense of brook

Synonyms and Antonyms of brooked

to put up with (something painful or difficult)

I will not brook insults from my own employees

Synonyms of brooked

abided (also abode), absorbed, accepted, bode (or bided) [chiefly dialect], bore, countenanced, endured, hacked, handled, met, pocketed, stomached, stood, stuck out, supported, sustained, sweat out (or sweated out), tolerated, took, went, wore [British]

Words Related to brooked

allowed, permitted, suffered, swallowed

reconciled (to)

acquiesced, agreed (with or to), assented (to), capitulated, consented (to), respected, submitted (to), yielded (to)

Phrases Synonymous with brooked

lived with, lumped (it), stood for, toughed it out

Near Antonyms of brooked

declined, dismissed, refused, rejected, repudiated, spurned, turned down

combated (or combatted), contested, fought, opposed, resisted

avoided, bypassed, circumvented, dodged, eluded, escaped, evaded, missed

abstained (from), forbore, refrained (from)

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