Transcription
-
- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
-
- [woon-did]
- /ˈwun dɪd/
- /ˈwuːndɪd/
-
- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
-
- [woon-did]
- /ˈwun dɪd/
Definitions of wounded word
- adjective wounded suffering injury or bodily harm, as a laceration or bullet wound: to bandage a wounded hand. 1
- adjective wounded marred; impaired; damaged: a wounded reputation. 1
- noun wounded 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. 1
- noun wounded a similar injury to the tissue of a plant. 1
- noun wounded an injury or hurt to feelings, sensibilities, reputation, etc. 1
- verb with object wounded to inflict a wound upon; injure; hurt. 1
Information block about the term
Origin of wounded
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English; Old English gewundode. See wound1, -ed2
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Wounded
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
wounded popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
Synonyms for wounded
adjective wounded
- injured — to do or cause harm of any kind to; damage; hurt; impair: to injure one's hand.
- hurt — to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
- suffering — the state of a person or thing that suffers.
- bruised — injured in a way that causes discoloration to the skin
- damaged — injury or harm that reduces value or usefulness: The storm did considerable damage to the crops.
Antonyms for wounded
Top questions with wounded
- which group cared for wounded troops?
- during world war i about how many people were wounded?
- what does wounded mean?
- what happened at wounded knee?
- where is wounded knee?
- what was the battle of wounded knee?
- what does mortally wounded mean?
- what is wounded knee?
- how many died at wounded knee?
- what happened at wounded knee creek?
- when was the battle of wounded knee?
- what is the wounded warrior project?
- what happened at wounded knee south dakota in 1890?
- what happened at the massacre at wounded knee?
- what was wounded knee?
See also
Matching words
- Words starting with w
- Words starting with wo
- Words starting with wou
- Words starting with woun
- Words starting with wound
- Words starting with wounde
- Words starting with wounded