Read full poem →Pale wine, and honey with the honeycomb,
And spikenard bruised for a burnt-offering;
Even she between whose lips the kiss became
Dictionary Entry
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.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. bruisedreed bruisedface bruisedbruised badly
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Poetry examples for “bruised”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Dearest, forgive that with my clumsy touch
I broke and bruised your rose.
I hardly could suppose
Read full poem →Unconscious where, the great oak door blew back
And cast him, bruised and dripping, in the church.
His eyes from long sojourning in the night
Read full poem →And give me grace to wait
A bruised reed bowed low before Thy gate.
Read full poem →'The Love of Christ which passeth Knowledge'
'A Bruised Reed shall He not Break'
A Better Resurrection
Read full poem →My heart cried, “That be far from me,”
Till Thy bruised heart I grieved.
Read full poem →When his wing is bruised and his bosom sore,—
When he beats his bars and he would be free;
Read full poem →(which stroll hither and thither through the
evening in bruised narrow questioning faces)