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brunt
brunt B0515500 (brŭnt)n.1. The main impact or force, as of an attack.2. The main burden: bore the brunt of the household chores.
[Middle English, perhaps of Scandinavian origin.]brunt (brʌnt) nthe main force or shock of a blow, attack, etc (esp in the phrase bear the brunt of)[C14: of unknown origin]brunt (brʌnt)
n. the main force or impact, as of an attack or blow. [1275–1325; Middle English: a rush, charge, blow; of obscure orig.] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | brunt - main force of a blow etc; "bore the brunt of the attack"forcefulness, strength, force - physical energy or intensity; "he hit with all the force he could muster"; "it was destroyed by the strength of the gale"; "a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man" |
bruntnoun full force, force, pressure, violence, shock, stress, impact, strain, burden, thrust A child's head tends to take the brunt of any fall.Translationsbrunt (brant) : bear the brunt of to bear the worst of the effect of (a blow, attack etc). I bore the brunt of his abuse / the storm. 首當其衝 首当其冲brunt
bear the brunt (of something)To suffer the worst part of an unpleasant or problematic situation. When our system crashed, the call center employees bore the brunt of our customers' anger. Because I came home late, my sister bore the brunt of our mother's frustration about her job.See also: bear, brunttake the brunt of (something)To suffer the worst part of an unpleasant or problematic situation. When our system crashed, the call center employees took the brunt of our customers' anger. Because I came home late, my sister took the brunt of our mother's frustration about her job.See also: brunt, of, takebear the brunt (of something)to withstand the worst part or the strongest part of something, such as an attack. I had to bear the brunt of her screaming and yelling. Why don't you talk with her the next time she complains? I'm tired of bearing the brunt of her objections.See also: bear, bruntbear the bruntPut up with the worst of some bad circumstance, as in It was the secretary who had to bear the brunt of the doctor's anger. This idiom uses brunt in the sense of "the main force of an enemy's attack," which was sustained by the front lines of the defenders. [Second half of 1700s] See also: bear, bruntbear the brunt of something COMMON If someone or something bears the brunt of an unpleasant or damaging event, they take the main force of its harmful effects. Station staff always bear the brunt of public anger over fare rises. When the sufferer is in pain, frustrated by their own weakness, you will bear the brunt of their anger, guilt and inadequacy. Note: Verbs such as take, feel and receive are sometimes used instead of bear. The two buildings which took the brunt of the blast will probably have to be demolished.See also: bear, brunt, of, somethingbear the brunt of be the person to suffer the most (as the result of an attack, misfortune, etc.). The origin of brunt is unknown, and may be onomatopoeic. The sense has evolved from the specific (‘a sharp or heavy blow’) to the more general (‘the shock or violence of an attack’).See also: bear, brunt, ofbear the ˈbrunt of something suffer most as the result of an attack, a loss, bad luck, etc: We all lost money when the business collapsed, but I bore the brunt of it because I had invested the most.See also: bear, brunt, of, somethingbear the brunt, toTo put up with the worst of any hardship, violence, or other misfortune. The term dates from the early fifteenth century, when brunt signified the main force of an enemy’s assault, which was borne by the front ranks of an army aligned in the field of battle. It was used by John Lydgate in his Chronicle of Troy (1430) and later began to be used figuratively, as by Robert Browning in “Prospice” (1864): “. . . fare like my peers, The heroes of old, Bear the brunt . . . of pain, darkness and cold.”See also: bearbrunt
Related to brunt: bear the bruntSynonyms for bruntnoun full forceSynonyms- full force
- force
- pressure
- violence
- shock
- stress
- impact
- strain
- burden
- thrust
Words related to bruntnoun main force of a blow etcRelated Words- forcefulness
- strength
- force
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