Synonyms for wound
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : woond; Older Use and Literary wound |
| Phonetic Transcription : wund; Older Use and Literary waÊŠnd |
Top 10 synonyms for wound Other synonyms for the word wound
- anguish
- bother
- carve
- clip
- contuse
- cut to the quick
- ding
- distress
- disturb
- do in
- dump on
- gash
- get
- grieve
- harm
- heartbreak
- hurt
- hurt one's feelings
- insult
- irritate
- lacerate
- mortify
- nick
- offend
- open up
- ouch
- outrage
- pang
- pierce
- put down
- rough up
- scrape
- scratch
- shake up
- slash
- slice
- stick
- sting
- torment
- torture
- total
- trauma
- traumatize
- trouble
- upset
Définition of wound
Origin :- Old English wund "hurt, injury," from Proto-Germanic *wundaz (cf. Old Saxon wunda, Old Norse und, Old Frisian wunde, Old High German wunta, German wunde "wound"), perhaps from PIE root *wen- "to beat, wound."
- noun injury
- verb cause bodily damage
- verb cause mental hurt
- In spite of the wound he seized the musket and forcibly wrested it from our hero.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- All you had to do when you got it inside a man was to turn it round a bit, and the wound gaped and tore.
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- How so, I asked him, when that cannot wound without the application?
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- And in the painful cleaning of the wound he did not murmur once.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- The bullets of Allister and Clune might have gone home— they were intended to kill, not to wound.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- She tried to smile, but what came was the smile of a wound rather than a mouth.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- He spoke with the sureness of a man of wealth, confident that money will salve any wound.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- She felt no alarm lest she wound the sensibilities of the girl.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- In all her short life she had never willfully inflicted a wound.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- I pull it off and put it back and it galls my finger, as if it rubbed a wound.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
Antonyms for wound
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