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
Etymology
Origin of wounded
First recorded before 1000; Middle English; Old English gewundode; see wound 1, -ed 2
Vocabulary lists containing wounded
Example Sentences
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I learned to regulate difficult emotions—sadness, anger, fear—much as I had comforted the wounded child alive within me.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
If they meet a wounded version of the Thunder or Spurs in the Finals, they know that they will have to take advantage of it.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
Castro was one of two federal immigration agents placed on leave earlier this year for allegedly lying about the January 14 shooting in Minneapolis of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis, who was wounded in the leg.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
Rescue teams rushed to the scene but faced significant difficulties evacuating the wounded, witnesses said.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
Robert Graves, badly wounded in the Battle of the Somme, had been posted back to England.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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