Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to contuse
Participle: contused
Gerund: contusing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | contuse |
| you | contuse |
| he;she;it | contuses |
| we | contuse |
| you | contuse |
| they | contuse |
Perfect
| I | have contused |
| you | have contused |
| he;she;it | has contused |
| we | have contused |
| you | have contused |
| they | have contused |
Past
| I | contused |
| you | contused |
| he;she;it | contused |
| we | contused |
| you | contused |
| they | contused |
Pluperfect
| I | had contused |
| you | had contused |
| he;she;it | had contused |
| we | had contused |
| you | had contused |
| they | had contused |
Future
| I | will contuse |
| you | will contuse |
| he;she;it | will contuse |
| we | will contuse |
| you | will contuse |
| they | will contuse |
Future Perfect
| I | will have contused |
| you | will have contused |
| he;she;it | will have contused |
| we | will have contused |
| you | will have contused |
| they | will have contused |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | contuse |
| you | contuse |
| he;she;it | contuse |
| we | contuse |
| you | contuse |
| they | contuse |
Perfect
| I | have contused |
| you | have contused |
| he;she;it | have contused |
| we | have contused |
| you | have contused |
| they | have contused |
Imperfect
| I | contused |
| you | contused |
| he;she;it | contused |
| we | contused |
| you | contused |
| they | contused |
Pluperfect
| I | had contused |
| you | had contused |
| he;she;it | had contused |
| we | had contused |
| you | had contused |
| they | had contused |
Conditional
Present
| I | would contuse |
| you | would contuse |
| he;she;it | would contuse |
| we | would contuse |
| you | would contuse |
| they | would contuse |
Perfect
| I | would have contused |
| you | would have contused |
| he;she;it | would have contused |
| we | would have contused |
| you | would have contused |
| they | would have contused |
Imperative
| you | contuse |
| we | Let's contuse |
| you | contuse |
Verbs conjugated like 'contuse'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'contuse'
confuse,
concise,
concuss,
conduce,
confute,
conjure,
consume,
contest,
contund,
conturb,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- press
- jam, beat, bruise, mash, mangle, compress, crush, pound
Antonyms
- press
- relax, relieve, ease, liberate
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From (the participle stem of) Latin contundere (“pound or beat small”), from com- + tundere (“beat, thump”).
Sample Sentences
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How many uteruses, vaginas and perineums, suppose you, would we have to contuse and lacerate before we acquired the amount of skill and dexterity to which the gentlemen who advocate the forceps have attained? [1869, St Louis Medical Society, The Medical Archives, volume III:]
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His mouth had been struck or kicked. The lips were severely contused, reddened. [1965, John Fowles, The Magus:]
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This would have to be followed by a calculation of 'reasonable force', knowing that any bruising, scratching or contusing would expose me to a charge of assault. [2 Nov 2008, Donald Macleod, The Guardian:]