Definition of wound - Rhyme Finder

Definitions

Adjective Satellite

put in a coil

Noun

an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)

Noun

a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat

Noun

a figurative injury (to your feelings or pride); "he feared that mentioning it might reopen the wound"; "deep in her breast lives the silent wound"; "The right reader of a good poem can tell the moment it strikes him that he has taken an immortal wound--that he will never get over it"--Robert Frost

Noun

the act of inflicting a wound

Verb

cause injuries or bodily harm to

Verb

hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego"

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Synonyms

bruise combat injury hurt injure injury lesion offend spite wounding

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More General Terms

arouse damage distress elicit enkindle evoke fire harm hurt injury kindle loss personnel casualty provoke raise scathe suffering trauma

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More Specific Terms

abase abrasion affront bite blighty wound break bruise calk chagrin concuss contuse cut disable diss excoriation excruciate flesh wound fracture gash graze handicap harm hit humble humiliate incapacitate insult invalid knife lacerate laceration maim mortify overstretch pip pull raw wound rick run down run over scrape scratch shock shoot skin slash slice sprain stab stigmata sting subluxate torment torture trample traumatise traumatize turn twist wrench wrick

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