wounded
adjective
Simple meaning
Suffering from an emotional injury.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈwundəd
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Definition
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adjective
Suffering from a wound, especially one acquired in battle from a weapon, such as a gun or a knife.
figuratively
Suffering from an emotional injury.
physics
Of a particle: having undergone an inelastic collision.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- B1 · Intermediate (estimated)
- Frequency
- Moderately Common
- Typical Use
- General and technical use
More ways to use wounded
- “They had to leave the wounded where they fell.”noun
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An injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin).
Related Words
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- bulletnoun
- battlefieldnoun
- mortarnoun
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Sense: suffering from a wound
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