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

While escaping, she and her colleagues treated the wounded secretly, often without bandages.

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Lawyer still does not know if the wounded soldier made it out alive.

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The wounded Mr. McCartney got “depressed,” he recalls, and found himself wondering, “can I make a decent record?”

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I told Sun I got to know Juan Romero, the Ambassador Hotel busboy who cradled the wounded Kennedy, whom he had met earlier while delivering room service.

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The overnight attacks also wounded at least 46 people in the northeastern region of Kharkiv, and targeted other areas of western Ukraine.

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