woundnoun [ C ]
uk/wuːnd/us/wuːnd/wound noun [ C ] (INJURY)
B2 a damaged area of the body, such as a cut or hole in the skin or flesh made by a weapon:
a gunshot wound
a chest/leg wound
a flesh wound (= one that is not deep)
He died from multiple stab wounds to the neck and upper body.
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- The wounds were gradually healing (up).
- He had several nasty open wounds.
- Her head wounds needed 50 stitches.
- Clean and dress the wound immediately.
- Bandage the wound to reduce the risk of infection.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Injuring and injuries
- at-risk
- be in the wars idiom
- bite
- boo-boo
- cripple
- disable
- gash
- harm
- injure
- injury
- lesion
- muscle
- pull
- rick
- sprain
- trample
- twist
- victim
- whiplash
- wrench
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wound noun [ C ] (UPSET)
a problem or great unhappiness:
She refuses to talk about the incident, saying it would only reopen old wounds (= make her remember unhappy past experiences).
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Sadness and regret
- a heavy heart idiom
- be/weigh on your conscience idiom
- bitter
- bring a lump to/have a lump in your throat idiom
- broken-hearted
- gloom
- gloomy
- guilt
- guilt complex
- guilt trip
- guilt-ridden
- guilt trip
- lament
- melancholy
- mourn
- rue
- rue the day idiom
- rueful
- sackcloth
- sad
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woundverb [ T usually passive ]
uk/wuːnd/us/wuːnd/wound verb [ T usually passive ] (INJURE)
B2 to damage an area of the body, especially by making a cut or hole in the skin:
Flying glass wounded her in the face and neck.
The police chief was badly wounded in the explosion.
More examples
- Several soldiers were wounded in the return of fire.
- He was charged with malicious wounding.
- The shot was only intended to wound the attacker.
- Many of the victims were wounded by shrapnel.
- One of the climbers was wounded by falling rocks.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Injuring and injuries
- at-risk
- be in the wars idiom
- bite
- boo-boo
- cripple
- disable
- gash
- harm
- injure
- injury
- lesion
- muscle
- pull
- rick
- sprain
- trample
- twist
- victim
- whiplash
- wrench
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wound verb [ T usually passive ] (UPSET)
to make someone feel upset:
He was deeply wounded by her fierce criticism.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Making people sad, shocked and upset
- aback
- amiss
- appal
- be laughing on the other side of your face idiom
- bite
- burn
- haunt
- hit/touch a (raw) nerve idiom
- horrify
- hurt sb's feelings idiom
- hurtful
- laugh
- mess
- nose
- shake
- take sb aback
- tear sb apart
- tear sb's heart out idiom
- torture
- traumatize
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