Synonyms of brooking

brooking

verb

present participle of brook

as in tolerating

to put up with (something painful or difficult)

I will not brook insults from my own employees

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tolerating
• enduring
• standing
• handling
• accepting
• taking
• bearing
• sustaining
• stomaching
• abiding
• absorbing
• swallowing
• countenancing
• sticking out
• hacking
• living with
• biding
• supporting
• meeting
• standing for
• wearing
• pocketing
• going
• lumping (it)
• sweating out
• toughing it out
• suffering
• permitting
• allowing
• acquiescing
• respecting
• reconciling (to)
• submitting (to)
• yielding (to)
• consenting (to)
• capitulating
• agreeing (with or to)
• assenting (to)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• refusing
• rejecting
• dismissing
• declining
• opposing
• fighting
• resisting
• repudiating
• turning down
• combating
• avoiding
• contesting
• combatting
• spurning
• missing
• escaping
• evading
• bypassing
• dodging
• eluding
• circumventing
• refraining (from)
• abstaining (from)
• forbearing