bruising

Speech parts

1. bruising - Noun

2. bruising - Adjective

3. bruising - Verb

5. bruising - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

of Bruise

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

mar shiner purpura damage injury spite wound damaging tough masculine painful muscular crush crushing inflammation
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Antonyms

harmless salubrious forceless unforceful stress-free easy peasy lemon squeezy
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Phrases with the word

ear bruising ear swelling and bruising discolored by bruising bruising webcap

Examples

Yeah, you were doing a real bang-up job of it. I particularly liked the way you were bruising his fists with your face. A few minutes more and I'm sure your heart would have been on the attack... after it was ripped from your chest. (Kat) Sherrilyn Kenyon

Polite and velvety leaders, who take care to avoid bruising others, are generally not as effective at forcing change. Walter Isaacson

Hey, does my stupidity give you the right to bruise a tender heart?" "Yeah, yeah. I'm bruising a heart made of Play-Doh. Elizabeth Chandler

True compassion is about not bruising the other person's self-respect. Naoki Higashida

Cruyff has had many enemies and critics over the years. He has been accused of being too idealistic, too stubborn, insufficiently interested in defending and simply too difficult a personality. He loves an argument, and his conflict-model method of working can be bruising. Johan Cruyff

protected from the bruising facts of battle Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

bruiselike bruiser bruisewort bruising webcap bruisingly bruisy