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bruising

verb
/ˈbɹuːzɪŋ/

Etymology

From bruise + -ing.

  1. derived from *bruseti✻ — “to break”
  2. derived from *brus-✻
  3. derived from bruiser
  4. inherited from *brausijaną✻
  5. inherited from brȳsan
  6. derived from *bʰrews-✻ — “to break”
  7. inherited from bruisen
  8. formed as bruising — “bruise + -ing”

Definitions

  1. present participle and gerund of bruise

  2. That bruises.

  3. Wearisome, arduous.

    • Instead England produced something that felt a little transgressive in this most controlled of stages, tightening their grip in a bruising first half, before freewheeling downhill in the second with their feet up on the handlebars.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A violent physical attack on a person.

      • You'd better shut up or you'll get a bruising.

    2. Bruises on a person's skin.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA