Bruise synonyms
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An injury to a plant caused by cutting, scraping, or other external force
A discolored spot; a stain.
(Medicine) A superficial wound caused by scraping; an area of skin where the cells on the surface have been scraped or worn away. [First attested in the mid 20th century.]
The state of being swollen.
A bruised discoloration of the flesh surrounding the eye, often resulting from a blow.
ecchymosis
The passage of blood from ruptured blood vessels into subcutaneous tissue, marked by a purple discoloration of the skin.
petechia
A small purplish spot on a body surface, such as the skin or a mucous membrane, caused by a minute hemorrhage and often seen in typhus.
To injure without breaking the skin; bruise.
To shape or break by repeated blows; forge:
To cause damage to; impair:
injury (related)
A particular form of hurt, damage, or loss:
damage (related)
To impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction.
hurt (related)
To cause physical damage to (something); harm:
black-and-blue
Discolored from coagulation of blood below the surface of the skin.
Having a dark, bluish appearance.
A jagged wound or cut.
Severe bodily injury, as from a gunshot wound or a motor vehicle accident.
Abuse means to hurt or injure something or someone by acting badly or neglectfully.
To strike with a violent blow; smash (in)
To pound noisily and repeatedly
To apply blacking to:
To break or violate (a contract, covenant, etc.)
To become dented:
To disable is defined as to make something not work that was working before, or to injure someone in a way that makes them unable to do something.
ecchymose
(Medicine) To discolour by the production of an ecchymosis, or effusion of blood, beneath the skin.
To injure, disable, or disfigure, usually by depriving of the use of a limb or other part of the body.
To mutilate or disfigure by repeatedly and roughly cutting, tearing, hacking, or crushing; lacerate and bruise badly
To impair the soundness, perfection, or integrity of; spoil.
To injure or mutilate, as by scratching or beating:
To attack verbally; criticize:
To crush, grind, etc. into a powder or dust
To wound or injure (a tissue), as in a surgical operation.
To reinforce or trim with a welt.
help (related)
(Intransitive) To provide assistance.
To offend is to do something offensive to someone, or to break a civil or religious law.
To treat with spite; show spite toward:
Find another word for bruise. In this page you can discover 44 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for bruise, like: wound, contusion, black-and-blue mark, discoloration, abrasion, swelling, black eye, ecchymosis, petechia, contuse and beat.