Definitions for brunt

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Spelling: [bruhnt]
IPA: /brʌnt/

Brunt is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 46 anagrams from letters in brunt (bnrtu).

Definitions for brunt

noun

  1. the main force or impact, as of an attack or blow:

Origin of brunt

1275-1325; Middle English; perhaps orig. sexual assault; akin to Old Norse brundr, German Brunft heat, ruttish state, Old English brunetha heat, itching; cognate with Old High German bronado.

Examples for brunt

All at once I saw that I myself must bear the brunt of this scandal.

Keep your men well in hand, for we may have to bear the brunt of the King's dragoons.

In fine, our fathers bore the brunt of more raging and pitiless elements than we.

Koreans living in Japan suffer the brunt of racism and hate speech, and their situation is complex.

Now, in a slightly meta moment, brunt and Sky News are being harassed by the online community who blame them for her death.

The girl has taken the brunt of business while we played and she has only the reward of a salary.

Consequently, the ones who suffer the brunt of your bluster are not Muslims in other nations that you may want to influence.

On this army, it was expected, the brunt of the drive would fall.

Though vampire legends exist the world over, Romania and Bulgaria have born the brunt of the attention.

As the Harvard Crimson noted, Byrne “had been bearing the brunt of the Harvard attack” all afternoon.

Word Value for brunt
Scrable

7

Words with friends

10

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