'Bruising' definitions:
Definition of 'bruising'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Causing mental or emotional injury; "a bruising experience"; "protected from the bruising facts of battle"- John Mason Brown
adjective
Brutally forceful and compelling; "protected from the bruising facts of battle"
Definition of 'Bruising'
From: GCIDE
- Bruise \Bruise\ (br[udd]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bruised; p. pr. & vb. n. Bruising.] [OE. brusen, brisen, brosen, bresen, AS. br?san or fr. OF. bruiser, bruisier, bruser, to break, shiver, perh. from OHG. brochis[=o]n. Cf. Break, v. t.]
- 1. To injure, as by a blow or collision, without laceration; to contuse; as, to bruise one's finger with a hammer; to bruise the bark of a tree with a stone; to bruise an apple by letting it fall. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To break; as in a mortar; to bray, as minerals, roots, etc.; to crush. [1913 Webster]
- Nor bruise her flowerets with the armed hoofs. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To pulverize; bray; triturate; pound; contuse. [1913 Webster]