wounded
Americanadjective
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suffering injury or bodily harm, as a laceration or bullet wound.
to bandage a wounded hand.
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marred; damaged; impaired.
a wounded reputation.
noun
adjective
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suffering from wounds; injured, esp in a battle or fight
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( as collective noun; preceded by the )
the wounded
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(of feelings) damaged or hurt
Other Word Forms
- self-wounded adjective
- unwounded adjective
Etymology
Origin of wounded
First recorded before 1000; Middle English; Old English gewundode; wound 1, -ed 2
Example Sentences
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The hospital worker said the dead or wounded were young people.
From BBC
Four days on from the disaster, Swiss police announced all 116 people wounded in the deadly fire had now been identified, alongside the 40 fatalities, most of whom were teenagers.
From Barron's
Who else can deliver those swaggering lines, or the theatrical wounded pride when a postgame interviewer dares to ask why the moment never gets too big for Indiana?
A video casts doubt on government claims that Carlitos Ricardo Parias, who was shot and wounded by an ICE agent last week, “previously escaped from custody.”
From Los Angeles Times
An AFP journalist at the Republique station saw a security team treating a woman who had been wounded in the leg and appeared to be in a state of shock.
From Barron's
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