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How to pronounce bruise in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms contuse
Type of injure, wound
Has types crush, jam
Derivation bruiser


I bruised my knee.
Type Words
Synonyms hurt, injure, offend, spite, wound
Type of fire, arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, kindle, provoke, raise
Has types sting, abase, humble, humiliate, affront, diss, lacerate, mortify, insult, chagrin


This remark really bruised my ego.
Type Words
Synonyms contusion
Type of injury, harm, hurt, trauma
Has types shiner, ecchymosis, black eye, mouse, petechia
Type Words
Type of crush


bruise the berries with a wooden spoon and strain them.
Type Words
Type of damage


The customer bruised the strawberries by squeezing them.

Examples of bruise

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Yes he was wearing his seat belt evidenced by the major bruise across his chest.
From the newscientist.com
Dilshan gets a ball to the hip that will produce a nice bruise tomorrow morning.
From the guardian.co.uk
Rodriguez fell to the ground unconscious, with a bruise to the back of his head.
From the ocregister.com
The bone bruise kept Griffin out until the second game of the exhibition season.
From the latimes.com
Redshirt freshman Josh Jones limped out of Monday's workout with a thigh bruise.
From the omaha.com
The force of the contact pushed the bat into Kendrick's thumb, causing a bruise.
From the dailynews.com
They squeeze and bruise before they cut, inviting disease into the damaged wood.
From the independent.co.uk
He left the game when he developed a bruise between his thumb and index finger.
From the sacbee.com
The photos show a bruise on one side of his head and a slightly bruised left eye.
From the cnn.com
More examples
  • An injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration
  • Injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of; "I bruised my knee"
  • Hurt: hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego"
  • Break up into small pieces for food preparation; "bruise the berries with a wooden spoon and strain them"
  • Damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure; "The customer bruised the strawberries by squeezing them"
  • (bruising) causing mental or emotional injury; "a bruising experience"; "protected from the bruising facts of battle"- John Mason Brown
  • A bruise, also called a contusion, is a type of relatively minor hematoma of tissue in which capillaries and sometimes venules are damaged by trauma, allowing blood to seep into the surrounding interstitial tissues. ...
  • (Bruises (song)) "Bruises" is the first single off Brooklyn-based band Chairlift's second album Does You Inspire You. Bruises was featured in a commercial for Apple's 4th generation iPod Nano, and in "Walter's Walk", the second episode of the USA Network series Covert Affairs. ...
  • A purplish mark on the skin due to leakage of blood from capillaries under the surface that have been damaged by a blow; A dark mark on fruit caused by a blow to its surface; To strike (a person), originally with something flat or heavy, but now specifically in such a way as to discolour the ...