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Past tense of bruise

regular verb

The past tense of bruise is bruised. The past participle is also bruised.

Forms of bruise

Base form (V1)bruise /bɹuːz/
Past tense (V2)bruised /bɹuːzd/
Past participle (V3)bruised /bɹuːzd/
Present participlebruising /ˈbɹuːzɪŋ/
Third person singularbruises /ˈbɹuːzɪz/

Bruised in a sentence

  • Her thoughtless remarks bruised my ego.
  • I was bruised by such wanton criticism.
  • I had a slip on the ice and bruised my hip.From the entry slip
  • Herbert bruised his shin on the corner of the coffee table.From the entry corner
  • I knocked against the table and bruised my leg.From the entry knock

Meaning of bruise

  1. verb 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; to contuse.
  2. verb To damage the skin of (fruit or vegetables), in an analogous way.
  3. verb Of fruit or vegetables, to gain bruises through being handled roughly.

Full definition of bruise

Questions about the past tense of bruise

What is the past tense of bruise?
The past tense of bruise is bruised.
What is the past participle of bruise?
The past participle of bruise is bruised.
Is bruise a regular or irregular verb?
Bruise is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: bruise (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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