brunt

brunt

noun \ˈbrənt\

Definition of BRUNT

1

: the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack)

2

: the greater part : burden

Examples of BRUNT

1. <the brunt of the responsibility fell on her shoulders>

Origin of BRUNT

Middle English

First Known Use: 15th century

Related to BRUNT

Synonyms

body, bulk, chief, core, generality, heft [archaic], main, mass, staple, weight

Related Words

majority; aggregate, amount, entirety, quantum, sum, sum total, total, totality, whole; bottom, essence, essentiality, marrow, meat, nature, pith, quintessence, root, soul, stuff, substance; center, heart, hub, kernel, middle, nucleus, nut, seat; affair, argument, burden, crux, focus, gist, nub, pitch, point, purport; matter, motif, subject, text, theme, topic

Near Antonyms

accessory (also accessary), adjunct, appendage, extension, offshoot; component, constituent, element, ingredient; division, part, piece, section, segment; angle, aspect, facet, feature, quality, side

Rhymes with BRUNT

blunt, bunt, front, grunt, hunt, Lunt, punt, runt, shunt, strunt, stunt, want, wont