Synonyms for bruising
bruis·ing

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1. bruisingadjective

   causing mental or emotional injury

   "a bruising experience"; "protected from the bruising facts of battle"- John Mason Brown

   Antonyms:
   forceless, harmless, unforceful

2. bruisingadjective

   brutally forceful and compelling

   "protected from the bruising facts of battle"

   Antonyms:
   unforceful, harmless, forceless

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1. List of paraphrases for "bruising":

   bruises, contusions, contusion, blue, bruise, concussion

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1. Dawn Manteufel:

   It hit him with a vengeance, just bruising all over him. Looked like somebody beat him up with a baseball bat.

2. Wilson Kipsang:

   London always has the best fields but with Dennis in the line-up this year it promises to be a bruising battle, i certainly won't give up my title without a fight, but let's see who has the knock-out blow.

3. Chris Roberts:

   The gripper has got a sensor inside it so it can sense the pressure of the vacuum tubes as they close around the fruit. And by only applying a vacuum to the ones that gripped, the ones where there's a seal, we can spread the pressure across the fruit so we're not bruising it but we still apply a consistent pressure that allows us to pick up heavier objects.

4. Tom Shimabukuro:

   The important thing to note here is the initial features are largely kind of nonspecific symptoms, which at initial presentation -- or when a patient starts to become symptomatic -- may seem kind of mild and not that clinically significant -- things like headaches, lethargy, chills, myalgia, later features include severe headache, some focal signs, in one case severe abdominal pain, bruising, swelling in the lower extremities.

5. Kenzo Kase:

   It is useful for addressing swelling and bruising in the early stages of recovery from injury or surgery, and for stability and muscle support during rehabilitation and to increase the speed of recovery.