nasty bruise
Frequency: 7.29.3 per million words
Describes a severe or unpleasant-looking bruise.
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- After the football match, he had a nasty bruise on his shin.
- She slipped on the ice and developed a nasty bruise on her hip.
- That's a really nasty bruise you got from falling off your bike.
- The doctor examined the nasty bruise on my arm to make sure nothing was broken.
- A nasty purple bruise was spreading across his cheek.
- It's been a week, and that nasty bruise is only just starting to fade.
- If you bump into the corner of that table, you'll get a nasty bruise.
- The boxer was covered in nasty bruises after the fight.
- How did you manage to get such a nasty bruise on your leg?
- Wow, that looks like a nasty bruise; you should put some ice on it.