English Dictionary
Definition of “wounded”
wounded (ˈwuːndɪd
)
Definitions
adjective
- suffering from wounds; injured, esp in a battle or fight
- ((as collective noun; preceded by ( preceded by the) ⇒
the wounded
- (of feelings) damaged or hurt
1wound1 (wuːnd)
Definitions
noun
- any break in the skin or an organ or part as the result of violence or a surgical incision
- an injury to plant tissue
- any injury or slight to the feelings or reputation
verb
- to inflict a wound or wounds upon (someone or something)
Alternative Forms
ˈwoundable adjective ˈwounder noun ˈwounding adjective ˈwoundingly adverb ˈwoundless adjective Word Origin
Old English wund; related to Old Frisian wunde, Old High German wunta (German Wunde ), Old Norse und, Gothic wunds
Synonyms
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injury,
cut,
damage,
hurt,
harm,
slash,
trauma,
gash,
lesion,
laceration,
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trauma,
injury,
shock,
pain,
offence,
slight,
torture,
distress,
insult,
grief,
torment,
anguish,
heartbreak,
pang,
sense of loss=
injure,
cut,
hit,
damage,
wing,
hurt,
harm,
slash,
pierce,
irritate,
gash,
lacerate,
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offend,
shock,
pain,
hurt,
distress,
annoy,
sting,
grieve,
mortify,
cut to the quick hurt the feelings of
traumatize,
2wound2 (waʊnd)
Definitions
verb
- the past tense and past participle of wind2
Quotations
"what wound did ever heal but by degrees?"
William Shakespeare
Usage examples
The source of the Hythrun entertainment proved to be two boys, both bloodied and wounded.
Jennifer Fallon, TREASON KEEP (2001)With its inner coherence broken the National Curriculum staggers on, fatally wounded.
Spiked (2003)More than 60 of the wounded were still in hospital last night, 20 of them in serious condition.
Irish Times (2002)During the Second World War, he served as a paratrooper, took part in the battle of Stalingrad and was wounded four times.
Glasgow Herald (2001)To cope with the flood of wounded men, the doctors finally had to admit the nurses.
Jim Leavesley, George Biro, THE MEDICAL MYSTERIES E-OMNIBUS (2001)
