bruising

English

Etymology

From bruise + -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹuːzɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -uːzɪŋ

Verb

bruising

1. present participle and gerund of bruise

Adjective

bruising (comparative more bruising, superlative most bruising)

1. That bruises.
2. Wearisome, arduous.
   • 2022 November 21, Barney Ronay, “Iran’s brave and powerful gesture is a small wonder from a World Cup of woe”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     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.

Derived terms

• bruisingly

Noun

bruising (plural bruisings)

1. (slang) 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.
   • 1945 September and October, C. Hamilton Ellis, “Royal Trains—V”, in Railway Magazine, pages 251–252:

     […] on October 29, 1888, the Russian imperial train was derailed at Borki by defective track, and twenty-one persons were killed. Although these did not include the Emperor Alexander III, who escaped with a bruising, a footman serving coffee to him at the critical moment, and his dog, which was lying on the floor beside him, were both killed on the spot.

   • 2026 March 18, Greg Morse, “1996 crash driving freight reforms”, in RAIL, number 1057, page 50:

     Of the nine staff in the third coach, most had been having a break, drinking tea or reading. One suffered a fractured skull, another a fractured shoulder. All were either thrown along or across the coach, sustaining cuts, bruising and whiplash injuries.

Derived terms

• cruising for a bruising

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