Words that rhyme with vanbrunt

n 1: a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect; "turning his back on me was a deliberate insult" [syn: insult, affront] v 1: treat, mention, or speak to rudely; "He insulted her with his rude remarks"; "the student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone" [syn: diss, insult, affront]

adj 1: having a broad or rounded end; "thick marks made by a blunt pencil" 2: used of a knife or other blade; not sharp; "a blunt instrument" 3: characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright approach to the problem"; "tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank"; "it is possible to be outspoken without being rude"; "plainspoken and to the point"; "a point-blank accusation" [syn: blunt, candid, forthright, frank, free-spoken, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder] 4: devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment; "the blunt truth"; "the crude facts"; "facing the stark reality of the deadline" [syn: blunt, crude(a), stark(a)] v 1: make less intense; "blunted emotions" 2: make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses" [syn: numb, benumb, blunt, dull] 3: make dull or blunt; "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge" [syn: dull, blunt] [ant: sharpen] 4: make less sharp; "blunt the knives" 5: make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound" [syn: deaden, blunt] [ant: animate, enliven, invigorate, liven, liven up]

n 1: main force of a blow etc; "bore the brunt of the attack"

n 1: (baseball) the act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat 2: disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores [syn: bunt, stinking smut] 3: similar to Tilletia caries [syn: bunt, stinking smut, Tilletia foetida] 4: fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores [syn: bunt, Tilletia caries] v 1: hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance [syn: bunt, drag a bunt] 2: to strike, thrust or shove against; "He butted his sister out of the way"; "The goat butted the hiker with his horns" [syn: butt, bunt]

n 1: a person who is celebrating [syn: celebrant, celebrator, celebrater] 2: an officiating priest celebrating the Eucharist

v 1: oppose, as in hostility or a competition; "You must confront your opponent"; "Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring"; "The two enemies finally confronted each other" [syn: confront, face] 2: deal with (something unpleasant) head on; "You must confront your problems"; "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes" [syn: confront, face up, face] [ant: avoid] 3: present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize; "We confronted him with the evidence"; "He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions"; "An enormous dilemma faces us" [syn: confront, face, present] 4: be face to face with; "The child screamed when he confronted the man in the Halloween costume"

n 1: the part in the front or nearest the viewer; "he was in the forefront"; "he was at the head of the column" [syn: forefront, head] 2: the position of greatest importance or advancement; the leading position in any movement or field; "the Cotswolds were once at the forefront of woollen manufacturing in England"; "the idea of motion was always to the forefront of his mind and central to his philosophy" [syn: vanguard, forefront, cutting edge]

n 1: the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs [syn: grunt, oink] 2: an unskilled or low-ranking soldier or other worker; "infantrymen in Vietnam were called grunts"; "he went from grunt to chairman in six years" 3: medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter grunting sounds when caught v 1: issue a grunting, low, animal-like noise; "He grunted his reluctant approval"

n 1: Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910) [syn: Hunt, Holman Hunt, William Holman Hunt] 2: United States architect (1827-1895) [syn: Hunt, Richard Morris Hunt] 3: British writer who defended the Romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859) [syn: Hunt, Leigh Hunt, James Henry Leigh Hunt] 4: an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport [syn: hunt, hunt club] 5: an instance of searching for something; "the hunt for submarines" 6: the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone [syn: search, hunt, hunting] 7: the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts [syn: hunt, hunting] 8: the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport [syn: hunt, hunting] v 1: pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals); "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods" [syn: hunt, run, hunt down, track down] 2: pursue or chase relentlessly; "The hunters traced the deer into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him" [syn: hound, hunt, trace] 3: chase away, with as with force; "They hunted the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood" 4: yaw back and forth about a flight path; "the plane's nose yawed" 5: oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent; "The oscillator hunts about the correct frequency" 6: seek, search for; "She hunted for her reading glasses but was unable to locate them" 7: search (an area) for prey; "The King used to hunt these forests"

n 1: land bordering a lake

n 1: an organized search (by police) for a person (charged with a crime)

n 1: land bordering an ocean

n 1: formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence [syn: Irish pound, Irish punt, punt, pound] 2: an open flat-bottomed boat used in shallow waters and propelled by a long pole 3: (football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground; "the punt traveled 50 yards"; "punting is an important part of the game" [syn: punt, punting] v 1: kick the ball 2: propel with a pole; "pole barges on the river"; "We went punting in Cambridge" [syn: punt, pole] 3: place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse" [syn: bet on, back, gage, stake, game, punt]

n 1: disparaging terms for small people [syn: runt, shrimp, peewee, half-pint]

n 1: a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another; "an arteriovenus shunt" 2: a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current [syn: shunt, electrical shunt, bypass] 3: implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber; for draining fluids within the body v 1: transfer to another track, of trains 2: provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt

n 1: the front side of a store facing the street; usually contains display windows [syn: shopfront, storefront]

n 1: a difficult or unusual or dangerous feat; usually done to gain attention 2: a creature (especially a whale) that has been prevented from attaining full growth v 1: check the growth or development of; "You will stunt your growth by building all these muscles" 2: perform a stunt or stunts

adj 1: vigorous and animated; "a vibrant group that challenged the system"; "a charming and vivacious hostess"; "a vivacious folk dance" [syn: vibrant, vivacious] 2: of sounds that are strong and resonating; "the men's vibrant voices" 3: of colors that are bright and striking

n 1: the area of a city (such as a harbor or dockyard) alongside a body of water

n 1: United States actor who performed with his wife Lynn Fontanne in many stage productions (1893-1977) [syn: Lunt, Alfred Lunt]