brunt

From Old Norse brundr or brundtið (“oestrus, rut”), or bruna (“to rush”).

• IPA^(key): /bɹʌnt/

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• Rhymes: -ʌnt

brunt (plural brunts)

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

   Unfortunately, poor areas such as those in New Orleans bore the brunt of Hurricane Katrina’s winds.

   • 2012 October 31, David M. Halbfinger, “New Jersey reels from storm's thrashing”, in The New York Times‎:

     Though the storm raged up the East Coast, it has become increasingly apparent that New Jersey took the brunt of it.

2. The major part of something; the bulk.

   If you feel tired of walking, just think of the poor donkey who has carried the brunt of our load.

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

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

   We brunted the storm.

• burnt

brunt

1. neuter singular of brun

brunt

1. neuter singular of brun

brunt

1. absolute indefinite neuter form of brun.