What is the meaning of bruising?

verb

• Injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of.
  • usage: "I bruised my knee"
  • synonyms: bruise, contuse
• Hurt the feelings of.
  • usage: "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego"
  • synonyms: hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite
• Break up into small pieces for food preparation.
  • usage: "bruise the berries with a wooden spoon and strain them"
  • synonyms: bruise
• Damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure.
  • usage: "The customer bruised the strawberries by squeezing them"
  • synonyms: bruise

adjective

• Causing mental or emotional injury. "a bruising experience"; "protected from the bruising facts of battle- John Mason Brown
• Brutally forceful and compelling.
  • usage: "protected from the bruising facts of battle"