Bruise

Verb

 * 1)  To strike (a person), originally with something flat or heavy, but now specifically in such a way as to discolour the skin without breaking it.
 * 2)  To damage the skin of (fruit), in an analogous way.
 * 3)  Of fruit, to gain bruises through being handled roughly.
 * 4)  To bruise easily.

Noun

 * 1)  A purplish mark on the skin due to leakage of blood from capillaries under the surface that have been damaged by a blow.
 * 2) A dark mark on fruit caused by a blow to its surface.

Adjectives for Bruise
livid; marring; hurting; vast; innocent, cruel.

Verbs for Bruise
apply to—; bandage—; heal—; incur—; inflict —s; produce—; receive—; salve—; soothe—; treat—; —dents; —disables; — discolors; —disfigures; —hurts; —infects; —injures; —lacerates; —mangles; —mars; —swells; —weakens.

Adverbs for Bruise
ineradicably; severely; agonizingly; disfiguringly; horribly; temporarily; villainously; mercilessly.

Synonyms

 * ecchymosis, contusion (technical term)

Derived terms
bruiser; bruising

Thesaurus
ecchymosis, grieve, harm, hurt, hurt the feelings, ill-treat, ill-use, injure, injury, knock about, maltreat, manhandle, mark, mash, maul, mishandle, mistreat, molest, mouse, outrage, pain, pierce, pound, prick, pulp, rough, rough up, savage, scrape, scratch, shiner, spot, squash, stab, sting, thrash soundly, twist the knife, welt, wound, abrasion, abuse, aggrieve, anguish, barb the dart, bash, batter, beat, beat up, black, black eye, black-and-blue mark, blemish, blotch, boo-boo, buffet, bump, bung, bung up, contuse, contusion, cut, cut up, damage, discolor, discoloration, discolorment, do violence to, do wrong by, do wrong to,

Etymology
From bruisen:, from  brysan:, from, from. Cogante with brosnian:,  broos:,  Brosame:,  dialectal brøysk:,  bruisier: from the same  source.