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Showing words for BRUISING using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Bruising

bruising

7 Letter Words for Bruising

subgrin, subring

6 Letter Words for Bruising

brings, bruins, burins, busing, rising, rubins, ruings, siring, suring, unrigs

5 Letter Words for Bruising

bings, brigs, bring, brins, bruin, brung, bungs, burgs, burin, burns, gibus, giris, girns, grins, grubs, gurns, ignis, inrub, irbis, iring, niris, rings, rubin, ruing, ruins, rungs, suing, unrig, using

4 Letter Words for Bruising

bigs, bing, bins, biri, birn, brig, brin, bris, bugs, bung, buns, burg, buri, burn, burs, gibs, gins, giri, girn, gnus, grin, gris, grub, grun, grus, gubs, guib, guns, gurn, gurs, ibis, iris, nibs, nisi, nubs, nurs, ribs, rigs, ring, rins, rubs, rugs, ruin, rung, runs, sign, sing, siri, snib, snig, snub, snug, snur, subg, sugi, sung, suni, surg, unis, urbs, urns

3 Letter Words for Bruising

big, bin, bis, bns, bug, bun, bur, bus, gib, gin, gis, gns, gnu, grs, gub, gui, gun, gur, gus, ign, ing, ins, irs, isn, nbg, nib, nig, nis, nub, nur, nus, rbi, rib, rig, rin, rub, rug, run, sib, sig, sin, sir, sri, sub, sui, sun, sur, ubi, ugs, unb, ung, uni, uns, urb, urn, urs

Definitions for Bruising

[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] causing bruises, as by a blow
[9] aggressively antagonistic; hurtful four months of bruising negotiation
[10] a bruise or bruises
[11] (also intr) to injure (tissues) without breaking the skin, usually with discoloration, or (of tissues) to be injured in this way
[12] to offend or injure (someone's feelings) by an insult, unkindness, etc
[13] to damage the surface of (something), as by a blow
[14] to crush (food, etc) by pounding or pressing
[15] a bodily injury without a break in the skin, usually with discoloration; contusion

Words related to Bruising

bruisemar, injure, blacken, wound, crush, batter, deface, pulverize, pound, beat, damage, mark, zing, blemish, black, contuse

Words nearby Bruising

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

Origin of Bruising

ebefore 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 Bruising

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, bruisebrews, bruise

Other words from Bruising

un·bruised , adjective

Word origin for Bruising

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

Synonyms for Bruising

bang up, batter, blacken, crush, injure, mar, wound, beat, black, blemish, contuse, damage, deface, mark, pound, pulverize, zing, bung up, do a number on