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Black-and-blue

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Adjective

1. black-and-blue, livid

discolored by coagulation of blood beneath the skin

Example Sentences:
'beaten black and blue'
'livid bruises'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Black-and-blue

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adjective
1. 
(of the skin) discoloured, as from a bruise
2. 
feeling pain or soreness, as from a beating

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Black-and-blue

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adjective
discolored from congestion of blood under the skin; bruised

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Black-and-blue

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adj.
Discolored from coagulation of blood below the surface of the skin.

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