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- Dictionarywounding/ˈwuːndɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. causing physical injury: "crossbows and deadly wounding darts"
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to damage an area of the body, especially by making a cut or hole in the skin: Flying glass wounded her in the face and neck. The police chief was badly wounded in the explosion. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to hurt someone physically. hurt I hurt my arm climbing over the fence.
1. a. : an injury to the body (as from violence, accident, or surgery) that typically involves laceration or breaking of a membrane (such as the skin) and usually damage to underlying tissues. b. : a cut or breach in a plant usually due to an external agent. 2. : a mental or emotional hurt or blow. 3.
Definitions of wounding. noun. the act of inflicting a wound. synonyms: wound. see more. adjective. causing physical or especially psychological injury. “ wounding and false charges of disloyalty”. synonyms: stabbing.
to damage an area of the body, especially by making a cut or hole in the skin: Flying glass wounded her in the face and neck. The police chief was badly wounded in the explosion. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to hurt someone physically. hurt I hurt my arm climbing over the fence.
1. An injury to an organism, especially one in which the skin or another external surface is torn, pierced, cut, or otherwise broken. 2. An injury to the feelings. v. wound·ed, wound·ing, wounds. v.tr. To inflict wounds or a wound on. v.intr. To inflict wounds or a wound: harsh criticism that wounds.
a damaged area of the body, such as a cut or hole in the skin or flesh made by a weapon: a gunshot wound. a chest / leg wound. a flesh wound (= one that is not deep) He died from multiple stab wounds to the neck and upper body. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. damage to the body. injury He was treated for minor injuries.
1. countable noun. A wound is damage to part of your body, especially a cut or a hole in your flesh, which is caused by a gun, knife, or other weapon. The wound is healing nicely. Six soldiers are reported to have died from their wounds. Synonyms: injury, cut, damage, hurt More Synonyms of wound. 2. verb.
an injury, usually involving division of tissue or rupture of the integument or mucous membrane, due to external violence or some mechanical agency rather than disease. Synonyms: trauma, lesion, laceration, stab, cut. a similar injury to the tissue of a plant. an injury or hurt to feelings, sensibilities, reputation, etc.
Noun. Verb. Filter. noun. The act of inflicting a wound. Wiktionary. Synonyms: wound. verb. Present participle of wound. Wiktionary. Synonyms: bounding. hurting. injuring. gashing. scraping. anguishing. breaking. cutting. damaging. disabling. harming. bruising. stabbing. stinging. lacerating. Antonyms: healing. curing. aiding.
The earliest known use of the noun wounding is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for wounding is from before 1400, in Kyng Alisaunder . wounding is formed within English, by derivation.
