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Definitions for Bruise

[1] to injure by striking or pressing, without breaking the skin: The blow bruised his arm. Her pinching bruised the peaches.
[2] to injure or hurt slightly, as with an insult or unkind remark: to bruise a person's feelings.
[3] to crush (drugs or food) by beating or pounding.
[4] Metalworking . to injure the surface of (an ingot or finished object) by collision.
[5] to develop or bear a discolored spot on the skin as the result of a blow, fall, etc.
[6] to become injured slightly: His feelings bruise easily.
[7] an injury due to bruising; contusion.
[8] (also intr) to injure (tissues) without breaking the skin, usually with discoloration, or (of tissues) to be injured in this way
[9] to offend or injure (someone's feelings) by an insult, unkindness, etc
[10] to damage the surface of (something), as by a blow
[11] to crush (food, etc) by pounding or pressing
[12] a bodily injury without a break in the skin, usually with discoloration; contusion

Words related to Bruise

blemish, swelling, wound, injury, discoloration, contusion, mar, injure, blacken, crush, batter, wale, mouse, mark, boo-boo, deface, pulverize, pound, beat, damage

Words nearby Bruise

brugia, brugmann, brugmansia, bruhn, bruin, bruise, bruiser, bruising, bruit, brule, brulé

Origin of Bruise

before 900; Middle English bro(o)sen, bres(s)en, bris(s)en, bruisen, representing Old English brȳsan, brēsan and Anglo-French bruser, Old French bruisier, akin to briser to break; see brisance

Words that may be confused with Bruise

brews, bruise

Other words from Bruise

un·bruised , adjective

Word origin for Bruise

Old English brӯsan , of Celtic origin; compare Irish brūigim I bruise

Synonyms for Bruise

black eye, blemish, contusion, discoloration, injury, swelling, wound, boo-boo, mark, mouse, wale, black mark