BRUNT Synonyms: 77 Similar and Opposite Words

brunt

noun

ˈbrənt

Definition of brunt

as in weight

the main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts the brunt of the responsibility fell on her shoulders

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Recent Examples of brunt With inconsistent access to training facilities and routines outside Springfield, pitchers seem to be bearing the brunt. — Emily Ohman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026 But with war in the Middle East also sending fuel prices soaring, small businesses in Nigeria are bearing the brunt. — Light Oriye Tamunotonye, Christian Science Monitor, 3 Sep. 2026 Meanwhile, the poorest bear the brunt, with informal workers’ earnings falling about 40 percent during heatwaves. — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 31 July 2026 The full brunt of the transition back to in-person work likely won’t be felt until next week when employees are actually required to be offices for most of the week. — William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for brunt

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Noun

Higher energy density could allow automakers to achieve longer driving ranges without increasing battery size or weight.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
Flight imposes strict weight limits, so birds pack enormous numbers of very small neurons into very small brains.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of weight

Noun

Investigators found Amy in a separate area with a ligature around her neck and burns covering up to 30% of her body, according to court documents.

— Leigh Egan, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
Several different types of peptides are naturally found in the body, like insulin and endorphins.

— Renée Onque, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of body

Noun

Meanwhile, the MacBook Neo's iPhone-grade chip outperformed Googlebooks’ processors in single-core performance, while losing out on multi-core performance by varying (but overall large) margins.

— Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026
As that enormous dome thinned through the Holocene, its margin withdrew up onto Baffin Island, and what’s left today is the deflated core of something that was once two miles thick.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of core

Noun

The majority of his night was spent scrambling from a Seahawks defense that pressures the quarterback at the third-highest rate in the league.

— Sam McDowell October 25, Kansas City Star, 26 Oct. 2026
Polls suggest neither Netanyahu’s bloc nor the opposition is likely to win a majority alone, meaning the vote may launch Israel’s next political crisis rather than settle it.

— Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of majority

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As case counts surged in the initial months of the outbreak, population and demographic data revealed who was shouldering the greatest burdens.

— Julie Morita, Time, 25 Oct. 2026
These were expensive and life-changing burdens, even for those who avoided trial and conviction.

— Barton Gellman, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of burden

Noun

Preliminary results show Benjamin Netanyahu’s party ahead but short of a majority, while former military chief Gadi Eisenkot’s opposition bloc trails and faces a difficult path to power.

— Julia Frankel, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Netanyahu's Likud led with 27 seats, while former Israeli military chief Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar party held 20.

— Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2026

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