wounded

[woon-did]

adjective

1. suffering injury or bodily harm, as a laceration or bullet wound.

   to bandage a wounded hand.

2. marred; damaged; impaired.

   a wounded reputation.

noun

1. Usually the wounded wounded persons collectively.

   to treat the wounded.

wounded

/ ˈwuːndɪd /

adjective

1. 1. suffering from wounds; injured, esp in a battle or fight

   2. ( as collective noun; preceded by the )

      the wounded

2. (of feelings) damaged or hurt

Other Word Forms

• self-wounded adjective
• unwounded adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of wounded¹

First recorded before 1000; Middle English; Old English gewundode; wound ¹, -ed ²

Example Sentences

He was arrested after helping two friends who had been wounded by gunfire.

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Two people died and several were wounded during the attack on the northern English city’s Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue after the attacker rammed his car into the gates and began stabbing people, police said.

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The dog was wounded in the attack and the video shows the man dragging it away.

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In September last year, hundreds of Hezbollah pagers and walkie-talkies exploded in an Israeli operation that paralysed the group's communications systems and that Lebanon said killed 39 people and wounded thousands.

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With a lump in his throat, Candy’s wounded character Del Griffith replies that he’s proud of who he is.

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