1
[ adjective ] causing mental or emotional injury

Examples

"a bruising experience" "protected from the bruising facts of battle"- John Mason Brown

Related terms

harmful

2
[ adjective ] brutally forceful and compelling

Examples

"protected from the bruising facts of battle"

Related terms

forceful

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Rhymes with

boozing oozing browsing losing using rousing musing razing perusing raising rising buzzing amusing defusing confusing diffusing accusing blazing praising zing posing dozing grazing unsurprising appraising comprising uprising easing surprising phrasing freezing housing closing causing warehousing teasing uprising enterprising carousing opposing sizing seizing wheezing revising energizing decomposing composing imposing enclosing disclosing pleasing stabilizing demoralizing decentralizing compromising patronizing centralizing moralizing immobilizing uncompromising symbolizing squeezing appeasing sneezing wheezing amazing devising cleansing self-aggrandizing downsizing desensitizing unappetizing supervising appetizing modernizing merchandising sanitizing exercising advertising tranquilizing crystallizing antagonizing agonizing ionizing maximizing mesmerizing socializing galvanizing emphasizing publicizing revitalizing tantalizing

Phonetic and Homophones

B R UW1 Z IH0 NG

Similar Spelling

braising browsing Brisson bracing brushing Brooking brick_in breaking bragging Brison Brockington brisken Brignac Brigman Brigham brigand Brackin

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