wounded

[ woon-did ]
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adjective
  1. suffering injury or bodily harm, as a laceration or bullet wound: to bandage a wounded hand.

  2. marred; damaged; impaired: a wounded reputation.

noun
  1. Usually the wounded . wounded persons collectively: to treat the wounded.

Origin of wounded

1
First recorded before 1000; Middle English; Old English gewundode; see wound1, -ed2

Other words from wounded

  • self-wounded, adjective
  • un·wound·ed, adjective

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How to use wounded in a sentence

  • They are dispersed by force of arms; several of their numbers killed, many more wounded.

  • Two more wounded men were found down by the cattle enclosures, and these also Mr. Hardy considered likely to recover.

    Out on the Pampas | G. A. Henty
  • One hundred and seventy-five men were killed on board the fleet, and as many more wounded.

  • A couple of ambulance carts trotted out and picked up more wounded.

    The Invasion | William Le Queux

British Dictionary definitions for wounded

wounded

/ (ˈwuːndɪd) /


adjective
    • suffering from wounds; injured, esp in a battle or fight

    • (as collective noun; preceded by the): the wounded

  1. (of feelings) damaged or hurt

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