Bruise

Synonyms for "bruise" (83 found)

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Closest matches (17)

Noun(1 words)

ecchymosis hurt abrasion abuse aggrieve anguish assault barb the dart bash batter beat beat up black black eye black-and-blue mark blemish

Strong matches (25)

blotch boo-boo buffet bump bung bung up chafe contuse contusion crush cut cut up damage discolor discoloration discolorment do violence to do wrong by do wrong to graze

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grieve harm hurt the feelings

Verb(2 words)

contuse hurt

Related words (41)

ill-treat ill-use injure injury knock about maltreat manhandle mar mark mash masticate maul mishandle mistreat molest mouse outrage pain pierce pound

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prick pulp rough rough up savage scrape scratch shiner sore spot squash stab sting thrash soundly twist the knife welt wound

Verb(4 words)

injure offend spite wound

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

8 relation types

More general

16 entries

arouse crush damage elicit enkindle evoke fire harm hurt injure injury kindle provoke raise trauma wound

More specific

1 entries

ecchymosis,

Synonyms

2 entries

ecchymosis hurt

derived

12 entries

bruisability bruisable bruise up bruisedness bruiseless bruiselike bruiser bruisewort bruising bruisy tobruise unbruised

has context

3 entries

cooking medicine plant

is a

2 entries

disease injury

manner of

3 entries

crush damage injure

related to

17 entries

blood blow box bruiser bruising capillary contusion ecchymosis fight fist fruit leakage mark purplish roughly skin

Showing 16 of 17 words.

Translations

217 translations across 61 languages.

Afrikaans

2 entries

bloukol noun (medical: mark on the skin)
kneusplek noun (medical: mark on the skin)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

μώλωψ noun (medical: mark on the skin)

Arabic

3 entries

رَضّ noun (medical: mark on the skin)
كَدْمَة noun (medical: mark on the skin)
كَدَمَ verb (strike (a person), giving them a bruise)

Armenian

1 entries

կապտուկ noun (medical: mark on the skin)

Azerbaijani

3 entries

göy noun (medical: mark on the skin)
göyənək noun (medical: mark on the skin)
göyərti noun (medical: mark on the skin)

Basque

2 entries

ubeldur noun (medical: mark on the skin)
ubelune noun (medical: mark on the skin)

Belarusian

1 entries

сіня́к noun (medical: mark on the skin)

Bulgarian

4 entries

натъртено място noun (medical: mark on the skin)
синка noun (medical: mark on the skin)
натъртвам verb (strike (a person), giving them a bruise)
натъртвам verb (cause fruit or vegetables to bruise)

Catalan

4 entries

blau noun (medical: mark on the skin)
blaüra noun (medical: mark on the skin)
macadura noun (mark on fruit or vegetable)
macadís noun (mark on fruit or vegetable)

Cebuano

1 entries

bun-og noun (medical: mark on the skin)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

瘀青 noun (medical: mark on the skin)

Cornish

2 entries

brew noun (medical: mark on the skin)
brewi verb (strike (a person), giving them a bruise)

Czech

3 entries

modřina noun (medical: mark on the skin)
podlitina noun (medical: mark on the skin)
otlouct se verb (of fruit or vegetables, to gain bruises)

Danish

2 entries

blodudtrædning noun (medical: mark on the skin)
blåt mærke noun (medical: mark on the skin)

Dutch

4 entries

beurze plek noun (mark on fruit or vegetable)
blauwe plek noun (medical: mark on the skin)
rotte plek noun (mark on fruit or vegetable)
slaan verb (strike (a person), giving them a bruise)

Esperanto

2 entries

kontuzo noun (medical: mark on the skin)
kontuzi verb (strike (a person), giving them a bruise)

Finnish

4 entries

mustelma noun (medical: mark on the skin)
mustelma noun (mark on fruit or vegetable)
hakata mustelmille verb (strike (a person), giving them a bruise)
kolhia mustelmille verb (cause fruit or vegetables to bruise)

French

4 entries

bleu noun (medical: mark on the skin)
contusion noun (medical: mark on the skin)
cotissure noun (mark on fruit or vegetable)
ecchymose noun (medical: mark on the skin)

Galician

4 entries

hematoma noun (medical: mark on the skin)
mazadura noun (medical: mark on the skin)
mazadura noun (mark on fruit or vegetable)
negrón noun (medical: mark on the skin)

Georgian

1 entries

დალურჯებული ადგილი noun (medical: mark on the skin)

German

4 entries

Bluterguss noun (medical: mark on the skin)
Druckstelle noun (mark on fruit or vegetable)
Prellung noun (medical: mark on the skin)
blauer Fleck noun (medical: mark on the skin)

Greek

2 entries

μώλωπας noun (medical: mark on the skin)
μωλωπίζομαι verb (to get bruised)

Hebrew

1 entries

חַבּוּרָה noun (medical: mark on the skin)

Hiligaynon

2 entries

lanog noun (medical: mark on the skin)
pal-us noun (medical: mark on the skin)

Hungarian

3 entries

horzsolás noun (medical: mark on the skin)
zúzódás noun (medical: mark on the skin)
ütődés noun (mark on fruit or vegetable)

Ilocano

1 entries

sugat noun (medical: mark on the skin)

Indonesian

1 entries

bonyok noun (medical: mark on the skin)

Irish

4 entries

ball gorm noun (medical: mark on the skin)
brú noun (mark on fruit or vegetable)
ballbhrúigh verb (strike (a person), giving them a bruise)
brúigh verb (cause fruit or vegetables to bruise)

Italian

3 entries

ammaccatura noun (mark on fruit or vegetable)
livido noun (medical: mark on the skin)
creare un livido verb (strike (a person), giving them a bruise)

Japanese

1 entries

あざ noun (medical: mark on the skin)

Karachay-Balkar

1 entries

кюлтюм noun (medical: mark on the skin)

Khmer

2 entries

ខ្ទាំសាច់ noun (medical: mark on the skin)
ជាំ noun (medical: mark on the skin)

Kinaray-a

1 entries

lanus noun (medical: mark on the skin)

Latin

3 entries

contusio noun (medical: mark on the skin)
līvor noun (medical: mark on the skin)
sūgillātiō noun (medical: mark on the skin)

Latvian

1 entries

zilums noun (medical: mark on the skin)

Macedonian

2 entries

модринка noun (medical: mark on the skin)
модрица noun (medical: mark on the skin)

Malagasy

1 entries

manamangana noun (medical: mark on the skin)

Malay

1 entries

lebam noun (medical: mark on the skin)

Mongolian

1 entries

хөхрүүлэх noun (medical: mark on the skin)

Māori

4 entries

marū noun (medical: mark on the skin)
uruhua noun (medical: mark on the skin)
kōmeke verb (strike (a person), giving them a bruise)
kōmeke verb (cause fruit or vegetables to bruise)

Norman

3 entries

meurdrisseûthe noun (medical: mark on the skin)
êcouocheuse noun (medical: mark on the skin)
meurdri verb (strike (a person), giving them a bruise)

Ossetian

1 entries

цъӕррӕмыхст noun (medical: mark on the skin)

Polish

4 entries

obicie noun (mark on fruit or vegetable)
siniak noun (medical: mark on the skin)
siniec noun (medical: mark on the skin)
stłuczenie noun (medical: mark on the skin)

Portuguese

4 entries

hematoma noun (medical: mark on the skin)
roxo noun (medical: mark on the skin)
ferir verb (strike (a person), giving them a bruise)
magoar verb (strike (a person), giving them a bruise)

Romanian

4 entries

julitură noun (medical: mark on the skin)
pată noun (mark on fruit or vegetable)
vânătaie noun (medical: mark on the skin)
se păta verb (of fruit or vegetables, to gain bruises)

Russian

4 entries

гемато́ма noun (medical: mark on the skin)
кровоподтёк noun (medical: mark on the skin)
поби́тость noun (mark on fruit or vegetable)
подби́тость noun (mark on fruit or vegetable)

Sanskrit

1 entries

तृणेढि verb (strike (a person), giving them a bruise)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

pronnadh noun (medical: mark on the skin)
pronnadh noun (mark on fruit or vegetable)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

màsnica noun (medical: mark on the skin)
mòdrica noun (medical: mark on the skin)
ма̀сница noun (medical: mark on the skin)
мо̀дрица noun (medical: mark on the skin)

Sicilian

4 entries

abbirsari verb (cause fruit or vegetables to bruise)
abbuḍḍàrisi verb (of fruit or vegetables, to gain bruises)
abbuḍḍàrisi verb (to get bruised)
ammaccàrisi verb (of fruit or vegetables, to gain bruises)

Slovak

3 entries

modrina noun (medical: mark on the skin)
podliatina noun (medical: mark on the skin)
šinka noun (medical: mark on the skin)

Slovene

1 entries

modrica noun (medical: mark on the skin)

Spanish

4 entries

cardenal noun (medical: mark on the skin)
hematoma noun (medical: mark on the skin)
maca noun (mark on fruit or vegetable)
magullada noun (medical: mark on the skin)

Swahili

1 entries

chubuko noun (medical: mark on the skin)

Swedish

2 entries

blåmärke noun (medical: mark on the skin)
fläck noun (mark on fruit or vegetable)

Tagalog

1 entries

pasâ noun (medical: mark on the skin)

Thai

3 entries

รอยช้ำ noun (medical: mark on the skin)
รอยช้ำ noun (mark on fruit or vegetable)
รอยฟกช้ำ noun (medical: mark on the skin)

Tibetan

1 entries

སྨུག་ཏིག noun (medical: mark on the skin)

Turkish

3 entries

morartı noun (medical: mark on the skin)
morluk noun (medical: mark on the skin)
çürük noun (medical: mark on the skin)

Ukrainian

2 entries

сине́ць noun (medical: mark on the skin)
синя́к noun (medical: mark on the skin)

Welsh

2 entries

briw noun (medical: mark on the skin)
clais noun (medical: mark on the skin)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

My whole body was one big bruise after the rugby game.

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I have a bruise.

Source: tatoeba (275214)

I fell down really hard and got a black bruise on my knee.

Source: tatoeba (282353)

Tom has a bruise on his right leg.

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