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wound1
- pronunciation:
- wund
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
an injury to living tissue, usu. involving penetration or cutting of the external surface.
She accidentally cut her finger, and the wound was deep and painful.The police officer received a number of gunshot wounds.More nurses were needed to dress the soldiers' wounds.- synonyms:
- cut, injury, laceration
- similar words:
- bruise, contusion, gash, harm, hurt, lesion, scrape, scratch, slash, sore, stab, trauma
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| definition 2: |
an injury to one's feelings, reputation, or the like.
His angry tone was a wound to her heart.The candidate's speech inflicted a few wounds to his opponent.- synonyms:
- hurt, injury, insult
- similar words:
- affront, blow, cut, distress, grief, harm, pain, pang, shock, trauma, wrong
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| related words: |
bite, burn, gall, indignity, insult |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
wounded, wounding, wounds |
| definition: |
to injure or harm by inflicting a wound on.
- synonyms:
- cut, hurt, injure
- similar words:
- bruise, damage, distress, gash, grieve, harm, insult, lacerate, mortify, offend, pain, pierce, scrape, scratch, slash, stab, sting, traumatize, wrong
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| related words: |
affront, ail, anguish, bite, bruise, cut, desolate, hurt, kill, maul, spite, tear, wrench |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to inflict a wound.
- synonyms:
- hurt
- similar words:
- cut, offend, sting
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| related words: |
bite, bruise |
| derivation: |
woundingly (adv.) |
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