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Definition of bruising : of Bruise

Synonyms:

concussion, despicable, sickening, fracture, vile, hull, core, appalling, pectin, flesh, bruise, peel, juice, smear campaign, sprain, detestable, ignominy, nectar, peelings, forceful, dreadful, wound, injury, smear, loss of face, loss, self-injury, disgusting, character assassination, repulsive, horrible, a stain on someone's character/reputation etc., dextrose, under a cloud, discredit, harmful, scrape, slander, revolting

mashing, crushing, squashing, pulping

Usage examples:

• Yet when he had put it on, he had been completely overpowered by the weight of the huge breastplate and steel casque, and had fallen heavily on the stone pavement, barking both his knees severely, and bruising the knuckles of his right hand. - "Humorous Ghost Stories", Dorothy Scarborough.
• The lateral aspect of the hip shows marks of bruising, and there is severe pain and a considerable degree of shock. - "Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition.", Alexander Miles Alexis Thomson.
• Security had made them careless, and the boat was tied merely by lines to rings in the rock, the object being to keep her from bruising her sides against the stone, rather than to prevent any one taking her away. - "A Rock in the Baltic", Robert Barr.