Definitions
Wiktionary
- v. Simple past tense and past participle of wound.
- adj. Suffering from a wound, especially one acquired in battle.
- adj. figuratively Suffering from an emotional injury.
- n. usually, with "the" People who are maimed or have wounds.
WordNet 3.0
- n. people who are wounded
- adj. suffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battle
Examples
“Your pardon, sir," added Wellmere, very ungraciously proceeding to lay aside his coat, and exhibit what he called a wounded arm.”
“Robert Nichols, wounded from the shooting, suffered from emotional stress and mental anxiety.”
The Huffington Post: Tragedy and Forgiveness in the Christian South
“Anti-IED program figures from last month show attempted IED attacks in Afghanistan dropped from their record highs in July, with the numbers of coalition forces killed and wounded from the bombs last month also falling from the previous month.”
The Washington Post: IEDs killing fewer troops in Afghanistan
“Springfield Illinois, where he was again wounded while on duty and lead to a series of continuing health problems.”
“Iran: Ahmadinejad and the Supreme Leader will grossly miscalculate that their nemesis Obama was badly wounded from the election results.”
The Huffington Post: Amb. Marc Ginsberg: The Post Election Foreign Policy Hangover
“An elk is a big animal with a tough body structure, and I've seen marginal shots from guys cranking 80lbs result in wounded elk.”
“At the battle of Wilson's Creek he ran half a mile with his captain wounded on his back.”
“But here, the king, though wounded, is still at it.”
The ball's back in Willamette Week's court (Jack Bog's Blog)
“But like a hospital, using the wound analogy, there have to be those that do plaster the gaping wound because the wounded is hemorrhaging from the gaping wound now.”
Thoughts on rescues, rescuers and realities « Bound, Not Gagged
“Since Far Cry 2 utilizes a semi-recharging health system, getting behind cover even when lightly wounded is absolutely critical unless you want to burn through syrettes like a morphine addict on a week long bender.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘wounded’.
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EN - pronunciation fun
All words of the poem
The Chaos
by Gerard Nolst Trenité
Dearest creature in creation,
Study English pronunciation.
I will teach you in my verse <...abyss, ache, actual, advice, aerie, age, ague, aisles, alas, alien, alive, allowed and 406 more...
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LIT - Iliad - key words and protagonists
abduct, abducting, abductor, Achaea, Achaean, Achilles, advise, Aegean, Aegean Sea, Aegina, aegis, Aeneas and 713 more...
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War Imagery
bomb, grenade, frag, battlefield, strife, war, commander, sergeant, rifle, gun, bullet, siege and 18 more...
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Twitter favourites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favourite word" and adds it to this list.
See also:
bumwank, calamity, recalcitrant, gayenese, jeeze, nonsense, flabbergasted, juxtapose, procrastinating, ossanity, biffing, loser and 1972 more... -
english words
all words that were put in the dictations training
hush, grapevine, whispered, wounded, widespread, upwards, illiterate, bureau, crosier, praise, rape, bail
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soul mate
soul mate, soul mates, soul, portishead, wounded, death, depression, hurt, the cure, pain, longing, rat and 424 more...
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Tunie: Secord's Warning
By Tanglefoot.
"Secord's Warning"
by Joe Grant and Steve Ritchie
Come all you brave young soldier lads
With your strong and manly bearing
I'll tell you ...domination, free, guard, stand, station, canadians, usurping, save, dare, yankee, delivered, message and 49 more...
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them's fighting words
punch, attack, aggravate, struggle, combat, battle, hit, pelt, injure, weapons, fists, fisticuffs and 51 more...
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Tunie: And the Band Played Waltzing M...
I used to sing this as a lullaby to my spawn—till said spawn grew big enough to understand the words, and asked me to sing something else.
Written by Eric Bogle, c. 1971.
...billabong, ghosts, no one, fewer, the call, question, what are they mar..., forgotten war, forgotten, sore, stiff, bent and 66 more...
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