English adjective: bruising | |||
| 1. | bruising causing mental or emotional injury | ||
| Samples | A bruising experience. Protected from the bruising facts of battle.  | ||
| Similar | harmful | ||
| Antonyms | harmless | ||
| 2. | bruising brutally forceful and compelling | ||
| Samples | Protected from the bruising facts of battle. | ||
| Similar | forceful | ||
| Antonyms | forceless, unforceful | ||