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Synonyms & Antonyms of bruising
(Entry 1 of 2)
as in trying, tight
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for bruising
- arduous,
- Augean,
- backbreaking,
- challenging,
- demanding,
- difficult,
- effortful,
- exacting,
- formidable,
- grueling
- (or gruelling),
- hard,
- heavy,
- hellacious,
- herculean,
- killer,
- laborious,
- moiling,
- murderous,
- pick-and-shovel,
- rigorous,
- rough,
- rugged,
- severe,
- stiff,
- strenuous,
- sweaty,
- tall,
- testing,
- toilsome,
- tough,
- uphill
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for bruising
bruising
verb
present participle of bruise
Synonyms of bruising (Entry 2 of 2)
as in lacerating, mangling
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for bruising
- crosscutting,
- hacksawing,
- sawing,
- scissoring
- carving,
- chipping,
- chiseling
- (or chiselling),
- notching
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The first known use of bruising was in 1872
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