wound

UK /wuːnd/ US /wuːnd/

noun 3verb 2

Definitions

noun

An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.

The visitors were without Wayne Rooney after he suffered a head wound in training, which also keeps him out of England's World Cup qualifiers against Moldova and Ukraine.

Showers of blood / Rained from the wounds of slaughtered Englishmen.

A hurt to a person's feelings, reputation, prospects, etc.

It took a long time to get over the wound of that insult.

An injury to a person by which the skin is divided or its continuity broken.

verb

To hurt or injure (someone) by cutting, piercing, or tearing the skin.

The police officer wounded the suspect during the fight that ensued.

To hurt (a person's feelings).

The actor's pride was wounded when the leading role went to his rival.

I find neglect or rejection from my own community much harder to take and more wounding than the same thing or worse from the outside world.

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

bad, deep, serious

flesh

The arrow left only a flesh wound, so the soldier was able to continue fighting.

gaping, open

clean

face, head, leg, etc.

bullet, gunshot, knife, stab

entry, exit

The doctor examined the entry wound on his arm where the knife had pierced the skin.

old

war

The soldier received treatment for his serious war wounds at the military hospital.

VERB + WOUND

inflict

receive, suffer

examine, probe

clean, dress

WOUND + VERB

heal

The deep cut on his arm began to heal after two weeks of careful treatment.

WOUND + NOUN

care, healing

PREP

~ in

The accident left painful cuts and bruises in her legs.

~ to

The doctor carefully bandaged the deep wounds to her arm after the accident.

(verb.) injure sb's body

ADV

badly, critically, gravely, grievously, seriously, severely

fatally, mortally

The soldier was mortally wounded during the battle and died that evening.

slightly

PREP

The soldier was wounded in the arm during the battle and needed medical treatment.

PHRASES

the walking wounded

(verb.) hurt sb's feelings

ADV

deeply

His feelings were deeply wounded when his best friend forgot his birthday.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the act of inflicting a wound

wounding

noun — a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat

injury

noun — an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a

lesion

verb — cause injuries or bodily harm to

injure

verb — hurt the feelings of

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

rub salt in the wound

To aggravate or exacerbate a physical or emotional injury.

To rub further salt into the wound, the narrow-gauge locomotives and rolling stock received the new corporate blue livery and double arrows logo.

salt in the wound

Something that increases someone's pain.

time heals every wound

Alternative form of time heals all wounds.

Do you say, Time heals every wound? Ay, time heals the wounds of time by slaying eternity. He vampeth up a kind of endurance of threescore and ten years by the death of ages and ag

put a band-aid on a bullet wound

To inadequately treat a serious situation.

Using substances as a coping mechanism is like putting a band-aid on a bullet wound; it might momentarily mask the pain, but it doesn't address the root problem and often exacerbat

Example Bank

The visitors were without Wayne Rooney after he suffered a head wound in training, which also keeps him out of England's World Cup qualifiers against Moldova and Ukraine.

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Showers of blood / Rained from the wounds of slaughtered Englishmen.

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I went below, and did what I could for my wound; it pained me a good deal, and still bled freely; but it was neither deep nor dangerous, nor did it greatly gall me when I used my arm.

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The police officer wounded the suspect during the fight that ensued.

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The actor's pride was wounded when the leading role went to his rival.

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I find neglect or rejection from my own community much harder to take and more wounding than the same thing or worse from the outside world.

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Usage Notes

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