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ADJECTIVE (2)

1. causing mental or emotional injury;
- Example: "a bruising experience"
- Example: "protected from the bruising facts of battle"- John Mason Brown

2. brutally forceful and compelling;
- Example: "protected from the bruising facts of battle"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bruise \Bruise\ (br[udd]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bruised; p. pr. & vb. n. Bruising.] [OE. brusen, brisen, brosen, bresen, AS. br?san or fr. OF. bruiser, bruisier, bruser, to break, shiver, perh. from OHG. brochis[=o]n. Cf. Break, v. t.] 1. To injure, as by a blow or collision, without laceration; to contuse; as, to bruise one's finger with a hammer; to bruise the bark of a tree with a stone; to bruise an apple by letting it fall. [1913 Webster] 2. To break; as in a mortar; to bray, as minerals, roots, etc.; to crush. [1913 Webster] Nor bruise her flowerets with the armed hoofs. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Syn: To pulverize; bray; triturate; pound; contuse. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

bruising adj 1: causing mental or emotional injury; "a bruising experience"; "protected from the bruising facts of battle"- John Mason Brown 2: brutally forceful and compelling; "protected from the bruising facts of battle"