brunt

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English brunt, bront (“sudden onset, attack, charge, blow”), from Old Norse brundr or brundtíð (“oestrus, rut”) (from Proto-Germanic *brunstiz), or bruna (“to rush”, literally “to advance like wildfire”) (see brenna). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɹʌnt/ (Northern England) IPA(key): /bɹʊnt/ Rhymes: -ʌnt === Noun === brunt (plural brunts) The full adverse effects; the chief consequences or negative results of a thing or event. The force or shock of an attack in war. The major part of something; the bulk. (obsolete) A violent attack or charge in battle. (obsolete, by extension) A sudden harmful onset or attack (of disease, unbelief, persecution, etc.). (obsolete) A spurt, a sudden effort or straining. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === brunt (third-person singular simple present brunts, present participle brunting, simple past and past participle brunted) (transitive, rare) To bear the brunt of; to weather or withstand. (intransitive, obsolete) To make a violent attack or charge. ==== Translations ==== === References === “brunt”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === burnt == Norwegian Bokmål == === Adjective === brunt neuter singular of brun == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Adjective === brunt neuter singular of brun == Swedish == === Adjective === brunt indefinite neuter singular of brun === Noun === brunt n the color brown (slang) hashish Synonyms: b, hasch ==== Derived terms ==== bajsbrunt chokladbrunt ==== See also ==== grönt === References === “brunt”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) Swedish Police Authority list of drug slang Slangopedia