BRUISED Synonyms: 88 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

Definition of bruised

as in injured

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verb

past tense of bruise

as in lacerated

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That means the Dodgers will get five days off next week to prepare for their playoff opener, a godsend for a bruised and bloodied team that has stumbled to the finish of the regular season. — Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026 Sox right fielder Tristan Peters suffered a bruised shoulder/rib while banging into the outfield wall on Kevin McGonigle’s three-run triple in the fifth inning. — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026 At its worst, Dark Matter could feel like a Charlie Kaufman movie — the endlessly scaffolded universe of Synecdoche, New York comes to mind, in particular — without the wit and bruised humanity. — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026 But Allen may not play after missing a portion of training camp with a bruised shin. — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bruised

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Like Dillane’s Willoughby, wily and louche, who quite literally sweeps Marianne off her injured foot and into a giggly, schoolyard kind of chaotic sudden romance.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 13 Oct. 2026
The injured officer was taken to an area hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

— Jeff Gurney, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of injured

Adjective

Terrain may obstruct radio signals, while damaged infrastructure can limit cellular access.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026
At least five people were reported missing, 49 were rescued, and the flood swept away about three dozen homes and damaged bridges, power lines and a hydropower construction site.

— Binaj Gurubacharya, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of damaged

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Those who survived the disease were often left disfigured and scarred.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2026
In a particularly gnarly flashback, one sibling voluntarily — and crudely — amputates his fingers to match his brother's disfigured hand, which lost two digits when Angier shot him.

— Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026

Definition of disfigured

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Five people were killed and 36 wounded in a Russian attack on the Ukrainian capital that lasted from Tuesday evening into Wednesday morning, Kyiv police said.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026
The two exchanged gunfire, and she was shot in the thigh and knee and wounded in her index finger.

— Meagan Harris, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026

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