wound (n.)

  1. an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)

    [ Syn: lesion ]

  2. a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat

    [ Syn: injury , combat injury ]

  3. a figurative injury (to your feelings or pride); he feared that mentioning it might reopen the wound; deep in her breast lives the silent wound; The right reader of a good poem can tell the moment it strikes him that he has taken an immortal wound--that he will never get over it--Robert Frost

  4. the act of inflicting a wound

    [ Syn: wounding ]

    wound (adj.)

  1. put in a coil

    wound (v.)

  1. cause injuries or bodily harm to

    [ Syn: injure ]

  2. hurt the feelings of; She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests; This remark really bruised my ego

    [ Syn: hurt , injure , bruise , offend , spite ]

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