What's a Bruised Ego?
If an Experience Bruises Your Ego, It Upsets You Because It Makes You Feel Less Valuable or Important: I Don't Think It Broke Steve's Heart When Cherise Left...
If an experience bruises your ego, it upsets you because it makes you feel less valuable or important: I don't think it broke Steve's heart when Cherise left him, but it certainly bruised his ego. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Humiliating and degrading. abase.
How do you bruise someone's ego?
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Unless, you know, the guy really deserves it.
- Point out the gut. ...
- Insult his job. ...
- Compare him to an athlete. ...
- Compare him to a musician. ...
- Compare him to his father. ...
- Buy him big clothes.
What does it mean to bruise someone?
verb (used with object), bruised, bruis·ing. to injure by striking or pressing, without breaking the skin: The blow bruised his arm. ... to injure or hurt slightly, as with an insult or unkind remark: to bruise a person's feelings.
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