bruising
1. [ adjective ] causing mental or emotional injury
Examples:

"a bruising experience" "protected from the bruising facts of battle"- John Mason Brown

Related terms: harmful
2. [ adjective ] brutally forceful and compelling
Examples:

"protected from the bruising facts of battle"

Related terms: forceful
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