Definition for Bruise:

• An injury on the flesh by its being crushed with a heavy or blunt substance; a contusion.

Synonyms for Bruise:

• n.

  •
  • stain,
  • damage,
  • disfigure,
  • mar,
  • spoil,
  • mark.
  •
  • disable,
  • cut,
  • harm,
  • strain.
  •
  • slander,
  • discredit,
  • smear.
  •
  • self-injury,
  • bruising,
  • concussion,
  • fracture,
  • sprain,
  • loss.
  •
  • chip,
  • breakage,
  • burnout.
  •black and blue mark under skin (noun)
  • injury,
  • swelling,
  • mark,
  • discoloration,
  • black mark,
  • contusion,
  • black eye,
  • blemish,
  • wound,
  • boo-boo,
  • wale,
  • mouse.
  •blemish (noun)
  • smudge,
  • scar.
  •bruise (noun)
  • injure,
  • hurt,
  • offend,
  • contusion,
  • spite,
  • wound,
  • contuse.
  •contusion (noun)
  • shiner,
  • black eye,
  • black-and-blue mark,
  • blister,
  • discoloration,
  • blemish,
  • abrasion,
  • ecchymosis,
  • swelling.
  •damage (noun)
  • mutilation.
  •pain (noun)
  • infliction,
  • stitch,
  • agony,
  • grief,
  • sore,
  • suffering,
  • torture,
  • hurt,
  • pain,
  • affliction,
  • sting,
  • discomfort,
  • anguish,
  • bite,
  • distress,
  • inflammation,
  • smarting,
  • Migraine,
  • cramp,
  • chafing,
  • burn,
  • injury,
  • gripe,
  • crick,
  • malaise,
  • earache,
  • wrench,
  • misery,
  • spasm,
  • throb,
  • ache,
  • stab,
  • wound,
  • painfulness,
  • headache,
  • irritation,
  • rack,
  • throe,
  • torment,
  • pang.
  •state (noun)
  • contusion.
  •welt (noun)
  • wheal.

• v.

  •break blood vessel; discolor (verb)
  • damage,
  • blacken,
  • crush,
  • black,
  • beat,
  • pulverize,
  • mar,
  • do a number on,
  • deface,
  • zing,
  • bung up,
  • pound,
  • contuse,
  • batter,
  • injure.
  •contact (verb)
  • contuse.
  •pulp (verb)
  • mash,
  • crush,
  • pulp,
  • squash.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • lacerate,
  • scalp,
  • tarnish,
  • crinkle,
  • maim,
  • sprain,
  • blow,
  • concussion,
  • mar,
  • besmirch,
  • speckle,
  • undermine,
  • rubble,
  • fracture,
  • breakage,
  • rupture,
  • disable,
  • self-injury,
  • dint,
  • slander,
  • trample,
  • impugn.
  •
  • malign,
  • bruising,
  • smear,
  • dislocate,
  • flaw,
  • discredit,
  • bloody,
  • lesion,
  • perforation.
  •
  • blister,
  • scald,
  • gouge,
  • decay,
  • strain,
  • bark,
  • burnout,
  • tear,
  • paralyze,
  • trauma.
  •
  • slash,
  • blind,
  • crimp,
  • cripple,
  • scar,
  • loss.
  •
  • lose,
  • lame.
  •
  • stain.
  •
  • twist,
  • chip.
  •
  • knock.
  •
  • scratch.
  •
  • mark.
  •
  • cut.
  •flaw
  • blemish.
  •injury
  • damage.
  •thresh
  • thresh.
  •trample
  • Tromp.
  •wound
  • welt.
  •Other relevant words:
  • injure,
  • spite,
  • trample,
  • comminute,
  • crinkle,
  • scurrilous,
  • weal,
  • bump,
  • Triturate,
  • disfigure,
  • HIT,
  • thrash,
  • scranch,
  • assault,
  • inflame,
  • batter,
  • twist,
  • breach,
  • go against,
  • contemptuous,
  • cut,
  • abase,
  • claw,
  • do wrong by,
  • bung up,
  • maim,
  • tender,
  • abrade,
  • trauma,
  • shiner,
  • paralyze,
  • vanquish,
  • spoil,
  • streak,
  • disintegrate,
  • craunch,
  • ecchymosis,
  • sensitive,
  • accept,
  • mistreat,
  • lump,
  • Traumatism,
  • painful,
  • cranch,
  • twist the knife,
  • grate,
  • bruised,
  • maul,
  • black,
  • defamatory,
  • ill-use,
  • concussion,
  • swelling,
  • smudge,
  • injurious,
  • perforation,
  • grieve,
  • rasp,
  • gouge,
  • spot,
  • blacken,
  • black eye,
  • outrage,
  • mar,
  • mischief,
  • harm,
  • blemish,
  • humiliate,
  • Pock-mark,
  • pierce,
  • fracture,
  • masticate,
  • nick,
  • smear,
  • pit,
  • bash,
  • crimp,
  • battered,
  • raw,
  • infection,
  • damage,
  • buffet,
  • mark,
  • manhandle,
  • puncture,
  • loss,
  • undermine,
  • contusion,
  • rotten,
  • ill-treat,
  • inflamed,
  • mark up,
  • bark,
  • tarnish,
  • scuff,
  • gash,
  • knock,
  • sprain,
  • self-injury,
  • rub down,
  • black mark,
  • maltreat,
  • mortify,
  • stroke,
  • scratch,
  • slander,
  • deterioration,
  • blotch,
  • embarrassing,
  • dent,
  • grind,
  • rough,
  • lame,
  • prick,
  • mortal blow,
  • pique,
  • humbling,
  • pulverize,
  • deface,
  • soreness,
  • scald,
  • granulate,
  • discoloration,
  • wheal,
  • speckle,
  • scandalise,
  • discolor,
  • bruising,
  • abusive,
  • endure,
  • savage,
  • bang,
  • crunch,
  • defeat,
  • smite,
  • lose,
  • mortifying,
  • skin,
  • transgress,
  • bray,
  • bastinado,
  • line,
  • decay,
  • coloration,
  • slash,
  • flaw,
  • mishandle,
  • aggrieve,
  • scandalize,
  • contuse,
  • welt,
  • Tromp,
  • breakage,
  • Rawness,
  • violate,
  • burnout,
  • thresh,
  • scar,
  • dislocate,
  • offensive,
  • insulting,
  • discredit,
  • yellow,
  • blind,
  • molest,
  • chip,
  • lesion,
  • abrasion,
  • scourge,
  • trace,
  • dint,
  • crumble,
  • boo-boo,
  • zing,
  • blow,
  • livid,
  • scalp,
  • malign,
  • humiliating,
  • do violence,
  • knock about,
  • wale,
  • attenuate,
  • black-and-blue mark,
  • graze,
  • abuse,
  • disable,
  • mangle,
  • strain,
  • appal,
  • Levigate,
  • do violence to,
  • sully,
  • dinge,
  • rough up,
  • file,
  • besmirch,
  • strike,
  • blister,
  • abide,
  • cudgel,
  • rupture,
  • insolent,
  • appall,
  • offend,
  • punch,
  • impugn,
  • bloody,
  • bung,
  • suffer,
  • beat,
  • rock burst,
  • do a number on,
  • canker,
  • have,
  • cut up,
  • weaken,
  • rubble,
  • laceration,
  • scrape,
  • bloom,
  • cripple,
  • overcome,
  • tear,
  • lacerate,
  • chafe,
  • ulcer,
  • mutilation,
  • stain,
  • pound,
  • mouse.

Antonyms for Bruise:

• n.

  • Other antonyms:
    go down, go under, surrender, fail, fall.

• v.

  • break blood vessel; discolor
    adorn, compliment, fix, cure, beautify, ornament, repair, decorate, heal, aid, embellish, help, praise, mend.

Homophones for Bruise:

• bruse, brews.