Bruising
['bruːzɪŋ] or ['bruzɪŋ]
Definition
(adj.) brutally forceful and compelling; 'protected from the bruising facts of battle' .
(adj.) causing mental or emotional injury; 'a bruising experience'; 'protected from the bruising facts of battle'- John Mason Brown .
Editor: Whitney--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bruise
Edited by Antony
Examples
- I was alone with him, Marian--his cruel hand was bruising my arm--what could I do? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- So cold, so cold, a heavy, bruising cold pressing on his arms from outside, and a heavier cold congealing within him, in his heart and in his bowels. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Will somebody hand me anything hard and bruising to pelt at her? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The finest seeds, such as grass and clover, onion and turnip seed, and delicate seed like rice, are handled and sown by machines without crushing or bruising, and with the utmost exactness. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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