bruise - Dictionary Definition : Vocabulary.com

If you're just learning to skateboard, you’ve probably got an ugly bruise or two to show for it — those purple and yellow patches you get on your skin where you’ve bumped and scraped, and they probably hurt, too.

You can find bruises at the grocery store, too — those soft, mushy spots on a peach or an apple — and if you drop a tomato, you're likely to bruise it. You can bruise your knee or bruise someone's feelings — if you tell your friend you don't like her novel, you’ll bruise her ego.

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: bruise

1	n v	an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of
2	v	damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: bruise

1

n an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration

Synonyms:: contusion

Types:: ecchymosis
the purple or black-and-blue area resulting from a bruise; petechia
a minute red or purple spot on the surface of the skin as the result of tiny hemorrhages of blood vessels in the skin (as in typhoid fever); black eye, mouse, shiner
a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye

Type of:: harm, hurt, injury, trauma
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.

v injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of

“I bruised my knee”

Synonyms:: contuse

Types:: crush, jam
crush or bruise

Type of:: injure, wound
cause injuries or bodily harm to

v hurt the feelings of

“This remark really bruised my ego”

Synonyms:: hurt, injure, offend, spite, wound

Types:: show 6 types...; hide 6 types...; affront, diss, insult
treat, mention, or speak to rudely; lacerate
deeply hurt the feelings of; distress; sting
cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging; abase, chagrin, humble, humiliate, mortify
cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; crush, demolish, smash
humiliate or depress completely; degrade, demean, disgrace, put down, take down
reduce in worth or character, usually verbally

Type of:: arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise
call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)

2

v damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure

“The customer bruised the strawberries by squeezing them”

Type of:: damage
inflict damage upon

v break up into small pieces for food preparation

“bruise the berries with a wooden spoon and strain them”

Type of:: crush
break into small pieces