brunt

Meaning of brunt

noun
  1. the worst part or chief impact of a specified action.
    education will bear the brunt of the cuts

late Middle English (denoting a blow or an attack, also the force or shock of something): of unknown origin.

Information about brunt

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of brunt is: brunts.
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Hyphenation of brunt

brunt

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • brunt is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

brunt synonyms

Meaning strength or energy as an attribute of physical action or movement:

force

Meaning the action of one object coming forcibly into contact with another:

impact

Meaning a sudden upsetting or surprising event or experience:

shock

Meaning a load, typically a heavy one:

burden

Meaning continuous physical force exerted on or against an object by something in contact with it:

pressure

Meaning a force tending to pull or stretch something to an extreme or damaging degree:

strain

Meaning pressure or tension exerted on a material object:

stress

Meaning the force or energy with which a body moves:

impetus

Meaning a sudden or violent lunge with a pointed weapon or a bodily part:

thrust

Meaning a body's relative mass or the quantity of matter contained by it, giving rise to a downward force; the heaviness of a person or thing:

weight

Meaning behaviour involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something:

violence

Meaning a change which is a result or consequence of an action or other cause:

effect

Meaning an unintended consequence of an event or action, especially an unwelcome one:

repercussions

Meaning a result or effect, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant:

consequences

Anagrams of brunt

burnt

Words that rhyme with brunt

runt, crunt, scrunt, drunt, excuderunt, sederunt, grunt, prunt, sprunt, strunt

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