Brunt
11brunt — ► NOUN ▪ the chief impact of something bad. ORIGIN of unknown origin …
12brunt — [[t]brʌ̱nt[/t]] PHRASE: V inflects, usu PHR of n To bear the brunt or take the brunt of something unpleasant means to suffer the main part or force of it. Young people are bearing the brunt of unemployment... A child s head tends to take the… …
13brunt — UK [brʌnt] / US noun Word forms brunt : singular brunt plural brunts bear/take the brunt of something to receive the worst part of something that has a bad effect It was the capital that bore the brunt of the recent flooding …
14brunt — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ full VERB + BRUNT ▪ bear, take ▪ The show s producer has taken the brunt of the criticism. PREPOSITION ▪ …
15brunt — n. to bear, take the brunt (our battalion bore the brunt of the attack) * * * [brʌnt] take the brunt (our battalion bore the bruntof the attack) to bear …
16Brunt — This interesting surname of English origin is either a topographical name for someone who lived by a piece of ground that had been cleared by fire, deriving from the middle English brent burnt , or a locational name from one of the places in… …
17brunt — noun bear /take the brunt of sth to receive the worst part of an attack, criticism etc: The southern part of the town bore the brunt of the attack …
18brunt — /brʌnt / (say brunt) noun 1. the shock or force of an attack, etc.; the main stress, force, or violence: to bear the brunt of their criticism. 2. Obsolete a violent attack. {Middle English; origin uncertain} …
19brunt — [brʌnt] noun (usu. in phr. bear the brunt) the chief impact of something bad. Origin ME (denoting a blow or attack, also the force or shock of something): of unknown origin …
20brunt — noun the brunt of the downsizing was felt most by the warehouse crew Syn: full force, force, impact, shock, burden, pressure, weight; effect, repercussions, consequences …
