BRUNT

brunt

(noun) main force of a blow etc; “bore the brunt of the attack”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

brunt (plural brunts)

The full adverse effects; the chief consequences or negative results of a thing or event.

The major part of something; the bulk.

Verb

brunt (third-person singular simple present brunts, present participle brunting, simple past and past participle brunted)

(transitive) To bear the brunt of; to weather or withstand.

Anagrams

• burnt

Proper noun

Brunt (plural Brunts)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Brunt is the 15651^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1866 individuals. Brunt is most common among White (70.58%) and Black/African American (21.01%) individuals.

Anagrams

• burnt

Source: Wiktionary

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Brunt, n. Etym: [OE. brunt, bront, fr. Icel. bruna to rush; cf. Icel. brenna to burn. Cf. Burn, v. t.]

1. The heat, or utmost violence, of an onset; the strength or greatest fury of any contention; as, the brunt of a battle.

2. The force of a blow; shock; collision. "And heavy brunt of cannon ball." Hudibras. It is instantly and irrecoverably scattered by our first brunt with some real affair of common life. I. Taylor.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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