(transitive, rare) To bear the brunt of; to weather or withstand. / (intransitive, obsolete) To make a violent attack or charge.

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.

plural of brunt

A surname.

plural of Brunt

present participle of brunt

simple past tense and past participle of brunt

(obsolete) suddenly and violently, all at once

(idiomatic) To endure the worst part of something.

(obsolete, literally) at the first attack or engagement of battle / (obsolete) at first encounter, at the start