Wounded

Pronunciation

Verb

1. wounded

   (past of wound)
• 1913: Valmiki, , (translated by and )Nila, Agni's son, brandishing an uptorn tree, rushed on Prahasta; but he wounded the monkey with showers of arows.

Adjective

1. Suffering from a wound, especially one acquired in battle.
• 1883: Robert Louis Stevenson, ...he was deadly pale, and the blood-stained bandage round his head told that he had recently been wounded, and still more recently dressed.
2. (figuratively) Suffering from an emotional injury.My wounded pride never recovered from her rejection.

Full definition of wounded

Noun

1. usually with "the" People who are maimed or have wounds.The wounded lay on stretchers waiting for surgery.

Derived terms

• walking wounded