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- pronunciation:
- wund
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Builder, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a cut or other injury to a part of the body.
- synonyms:
- cut, injury
- similar words:
- bruise, harm, hurt, scrape, scratch, slash, sore, stab, trauma
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| definition 2: |
an injury to one's feelings.
His anger at her was like a wound to her heart.- synonyms:
- hurt, injury, insult
- similar words:
- blow, cut, distress, grief, harm, pain, pang, shock, trauma, wrong
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| related words: |
bite, burn |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
wounds, wounding, wounded |
| definition: |
to injure or harm by cutting, piercing, or tearing the skin.
He wounded his knee by falling on a rock.- synonyms:
- cut, hurt, injure
- similar words:
- damage, distress, grieve, harm, insult, offend, pain, pierce, scrape, scratch, slash, stab, sting, wrong
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| related words: |
affront, ail, bite, bruise, hurt, kill, maul, spite |
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| derivation: |
woundingly (adv.) |
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