Definitions for brunts

brunts brunt

Spelling: [bruhnt]
IPA: /brʌnt/

Brunts is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 96 anagrams from letters in brunts (bnrstu).

Definitions for brunts

noun

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

Origin of brunts

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 brunts

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Word Value for brunts
Scrable

7

Words with friends

10

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