name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
brunt
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/bɹʌnt/
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Northern-England: /bɹʊnt/
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CMU ARPABET: B R AH1 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The full adverse effects; the chief consequences or negative results of a thing or event.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Unfortunately, poor areas such as those in New Orleans bore the brunt of Hurricane Katrina’s winds.
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noun
Meaning 3
The force or shock of an attack in war.
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noun
Meaning 4
The major part of something; the bulk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- If you feel tired of walking, just think of the poor donkey who has carried the brunt of our load.
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noun
Meaning 5
A violent attack or charge in battle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 6
A sudden harmful onset or attack (of disease, unbelief, persecution, etc.).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, obsolete
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noun
Meaning 7
A spurt, a sudden effort or straining.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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verb
Meaning 8
To bear the brunt of; to weather or withstand.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare, transitive
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verb
Meaning 9
To make a violent attack or charge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, obsolete
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noun
Meaning 10
main force of a blow etc
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- bore the brunt of the attack
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Broader terms: force, forcefulness, strength
History
Etymology
* As an English surname, from placenames derived from the adjective burnt. Compare Brent. * As an Irish surname, variant of Prunty. * As a Dutch surname, possibly a variant of Bruns.
From Middle English brunt, bront (“sudden onset, attack, charge, blow”), from Old Norse brundr or brundtíð (“oestrus, rut”) (from Proto-Germanic *brunstiz), or bruna (“to rush”, literally “to advance like wildfire”) (see brenna).
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: zwaartepunt — full effects
- Dutch: druk — full effects
- German: Hauptlast — full effects
- German: Wucht — full effects
- Spanish: mayor fuerza — full effects
- Spanish: lo más duro — full effects
- Spanish: peor parte — full effects
- Arabic: جُلّ (jull) — major part of something
- Arabic: مُعْظَم (muʕẓam) — major part of something
- Arabic: أَكْثَر (ʔakṯar) — major part of something
- German: Hauptsache — major part of something
- Romanian: majoritate — major part of something
- Romanian: gros — major part of something
- German: aushalten — to bear the brunt of something
- German: ertragen — to bear the brunt of something