Synonyms for bruise
- verb
- noun
Definitions
- v. 1
To strike (a person), originally with something flat or heavy, but now specifically in such a way as to discolour the skin without breaking it; to contuse.
- n. 1
A purplish mark on the skin due to leakage of blood from capillaries under the surface that have been damaged by a blow.
Related words
- Word family
- bruiser bruising
- Phrases
- stone bruise
Choose the right word
To batter and to bruise refer to the results of beating; that is battered which is broken or defaced by repeated blows on the surface (compare synonyms for SHATTER); that is bruised which has suffered even one severe contusion.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- wound He cleansed the wound before putting on a bandage.
- spite He will not change his mind in spite of my advice.
- offend I can never allow you to offend my wife like this.
- injure You have to be careful so as not to injure yourself.
- crush I didn't know that you used to have a crush on me.
By length
- 4 letters
- beat1, hurt1, mash1, bray1, maul1
- 5 letters
- pound1, wound1, crush1, spite1, grind1
- 6 letters
- offend2, batter2, injure2
- 7 letters
- contuse
- 9 letters
- contusion3, pulverize3, pulverise, comminute
- 10 letters
- ecchymosis
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (offend2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- meurtrir
- Italiano
- contundere
- Español
- magullar
- Deutsch
- quetschen