wound1

 
Pronunciation: /wuːnd/

noun

  • an injury to living tissue caused by a cut, blow, or other impact, typically one in which the skin is cut or broken: a knife wound chest wounds a wound to the thigh
  • an injury to a person’s feelings or reputation: the new crisis has opened old wounds

verb

[with object]
  • inflict a wound on: the sergeant was seriously wounded (as adjective wounded) a wounded soldier
  • injure (a person’s feelings): you really wounded his pride when you turned him down

Derivatives

wounding

adjective

woundingly

adverb

woundless

adjective

Origin:

Old English wund (noun), wundian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wond and German Wunde, of unknown ultimate origin