Definition of Bruised

1. Verb. (past of bruise) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bruised

1. bruise [v] - See also: bruise

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bruised

brughs
brugia
brugia malayi
brugia pahangi
brugnatellite
brugnatellites
bruh
bruhaha
bruhahas
bruilzie
bruilzies
bruin
bruins
bruise
bruise up
bruised (current term)
bruiselike
bruiser
bruisers
bruises
bruisewort
bruiseworts
bruising
bruisingly
bruisings
bruit
bruit de Roger
bruit de canon
bruit de claquement

Literary usage of Bruised

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1915)
"599; —$200—man, earning $2.16 per day— caught by set screw in rapidly revolving shaft and whirled around—body bruised from head to foot, scalp wounded, ..."

2. Library of Southern Literature by Edwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles William Kent (1909)
""A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench. ... He was wounded for our transgressions, and bruised for our iniquities. ..."

3. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"... Whilst headlong from his seat beside the wheel, With mouth and nostrils bleeding, elbows rent, And the smooth forehead bruised above his brows, ..."

4. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"which turns red when bruised. Still, again, caution is necessary here, because there is a variety which grows under hedges, a very handsome plant, ..."

5. Eastern Proverbs and Emblems Illustrating Old Truths by James Long (1881)
"God will not Break the bruised. Heed.—MAT. 12. 20. ... The bruised reed, which has been crushed by some weight that has passed over it, and appears to be ..."

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