- 4. Humble, lowly, penitent, contrite.
- 5. Abrupt, craggy, steep, precipitous, rough.
Broken-hearted, a. Disconsolate, inconsolable, comfortless, cheerless, sad, sorrowful, melancholy, woe-begone, forlorn, undone, crushed, broken-down, despairing, hopeless, quite dispirited, heart-broken, in despair.
Broker, n. Factor, agent, middleman, go-between.
Bronze, n.
- 1. Alloy of copper, tin, and zinc.
- 2. Brown, brown color.
- 3. Brass, impudence, assurance, effrontery.
Bronze, v. a.
- 1. Brown, embrown, embronze.
- 2. Harden, indurate, render insensible or unfeeling.
Brooch, n. Pin, clasp, broach.
Brood, v. n.
- 1. Incubate, sit.
- 2. Lie outspread, lie incumbent, lie low.
Brood, n.
- 1. Offspring, progeny, issue.
- 2. Breed, sort, kind, line, lineage, strain, extraction.
Brood over. Dwell upon, think anxiously upon, morbidly meditate.
Brook, n. Rivulet, streamlet, run, runnel, runlet, rill, burn, beck, small stream.
Brook, v. a. Endure, bear, abide, tolerate, suffer, put up with, submit to, bear with, take patiently or easily.
Broom, n. Besom.