Definition

verb. to wound or damage without causing a break in the skin or bone;
noun. an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration

Example Sentence

My hard landing on the ultra thin carpet bruises my whole body.

Synonyms

bang up; wound; break blood vessel; discolor

Antonyms

heal

Hear It! Say It! Write It!

bruises
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Rhymes

  • bruises
  • chooses
  • cruises
  • cruz's
  • fuses
  • fuzes
  • guses
  • hughes's
  • loses
  • muses
  • news's
  • oozes
  • ruses
  • sousa's
  • souzas
  • uses

  • abuses
  • accuses
  • amuses
  • confuses
  • diffuses
  • excuses
  • infuses
  • mahfouz's
  • misuses
  • refuses
  • reuses

  • lollapaloozas