: having a bruise or many bruises
a badly bruised fighter
a bruised apple
: damaged or wounded by or as if by being struck
a bruised ego
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Look at those swollen and bruised hands in this photo from yesterday.
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Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 July 2025
Symptoms include redness and swelling of the breast and skin that looks bruised or bumpy, like an orange peel.
—Wendy Wisner, Health, 23 July 2025
Her bruised and naked body was found in the bathtub on Dec. 12, 2019 — and the couple’s 14-month-old daughter, Vanessa, has been missing ever since.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 15 July 2025
Read’s defense team alleges she was framed for O’Keefe’s murder by cops who beat O’Keefe, let a ravenous dog attack him and then dropped his bloodied and bruised body outside in the freezing cold.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 4 June 2025
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Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 July 2025
Symptoms include redness and swelling of the breast and skin that looks bruised or bumpy, like an orange peel.
—Wendy Wisner, Health, 23 July 2025
Her bruised and naked body was found in the bathtub on Dec. 12, 2019 — and the couple’s 14-month-old daughter, Vanessa, has been missing ever since.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 15 July 2025
Read’s defense team alleges she was framed for O’Keefe’s murder by cops who beat O’Keefe, let a ravenous dog attack him and then dropped his bloodied and bruised body outside in the freezing cold.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 4 June 2025
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“Bruised.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bruised. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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