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Definitions for Bruised
[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 Bruised
bruisemar, injure, blacken, wound, crush, batter, deface, pulverize, pound, beat, damage, mark, zing, blemish, black, contuse
Words nearby Bruised
bruisebrugia, brugmann, brugmansia, bruhn, bruin, bruise, bruiser, bruising, bruit, brule, brulé
Origin of Bruised
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 Bruised
WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, bruisebrews, bruise
Other words from Bruised
un·bruised , adjective
Word origin for Bruised
Old English brӯsan , of Celtic origin; compare Irish brūigim I bruise
Synonyms for Bruised
bang up, batter, blacken, crush, injure, mar, wound, beat, black, blemish, contuse, damage, deface, mark, pound, pulverize, zing, bung up, do a number on