Associations to the word «Contuse»

Wiktionary

CONTUSE, verb. (transitive) To injure without breaking the skin; to bruise.

Dictionary definition

CONTUSE, verb. Injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of; "I bruised my knee".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley