Definitions

contuse

[kuhn-tooz, -tyooz] / kənˈtuz, -ˈtyuz /

VERB

batter

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bash beat bruise buffet clobber crush demolish destroy hurt injure lash mar pelt pummel punish ruin shatter smash wallop wreck

STRONG

assault break dash deface disable disfigure drub lacerate lambaste lame mangle maul mutilate pommel pound thrash

WEAK

cripple

Antonyms

STRONGEST

aid assist build compliment construct cure encourage fail fix heal help let go lose mend praise protect repair restore surrender

STRONG

adorn beautify decorate ornament

VERB

bruise

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bang up batter blacken crush injure mar wound

STRONG

beat black blemish damage deface mark pound pulverize zing

WEAK

bung up do a number on

Antonyms

STRONGEST

aid compliment cure heal help praise

STRONG

adorn beautify decorate embellish fix mend ornament repair

VERB

crush

Synonyms

STRONGEST

break crumble mash squash squeeze trample

STRONG

beat comminute crease crowd crunch embrace enfold express jam pound powder press pulverize rumple squish total tread wrinkle

WEAK

bruise contriturate hug kablooey triturate

Antonyms

STRONGEST

put together uncompress

STRONG

let go pull release

WEAK

unwrinkle

VERB

wound

Synonyms

STRONGEST

damage harm hit hurt injure

STRONG

bruise carve clip cut ding gash irritate lacerate nick pierce scrape scratch slash slice stick total

WEAK

open up ouch rough up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

aid assist benefit cure fix heal help improve mend

WEAK

appease

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No bald Mare my Gammon shall contuse again by one more Toss.

From The Merry-Thought: or the Glass-Window and Bog-House Miscellany Parts 2, 3 and 4 by Novak, Maximillian E.

In this geographical dissertation the word Niger is still used, which is a name altogether unknown in Africa, and calculated to contuse the geographical enquirer.

From An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa by Jackson, James Grey

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