wound

wound
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. injury, hurt; painfulness. —v. t. injure, hurt, lame, cripple; pain; shoot, stab, cut, lacerate, tear, wing; insult, offend, gall, mortify. See deterioration, resentment.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
Syn. twisted, coiled, covered, wreathed, wrapped, twined, tired.
n.
Syn. bruise, hurt, scar; see cut 2 , injury 1 .
v.
1. [To hurt the body]
Syn. gash, scrape, injure; see cut 2 , hurt 1 .
2. [To hurt the feelings]
Syn. trouble, upset, pain; see bother 3 , disturb 2 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)
I
n.
1. injury trauma, cut, laceration, lesion, gash, tear, scrape, scratch, abrasion, contusion, bruise, *black-and-blue mark, hurt, sore, tender area, bump.
2. hurt feelings offense, insult, anguish, pain, grief, heartache, blow to one's self-esteem.
II
v.
1. injure cut, lacerate, gash, rip open, scrape, scratch, stick, stab, abrade, bruise, bump, traumatize.
2. hurtone's feelings offend, insult, grieve, *touch a nerve, *break one's heart, affront, *cut to the quick, traumatize, mortify.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun 1. Marked tissue damage, especially when produced by physical injury: trauma, traumatism. See HELP. 2. A state of physical or mental suffering: affliction, agony, anguish, distress, hurt, misery, pain, torment, torture, woe, wretchedness. See HAPPY. II verb 1. To cause physical damage to: hurt, injure. See HELP. 2. To inflict physical or mental injury or distress on: shock1, traumatize. See HELP. 3. To cause suffering or painful sorrow to: aggrieve, distress, grieve, hurt, injure, pain. See HAPPY.

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  • wound — n Wound, trauma, traumatism, lesion, bruise, contusion are comparable when they mean an injury to one of the organs or parts of the body. Wound generally denotes an injury that is inflicted by a hard or sharp instrument (as a knife, a bullet, or… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Wound — Wound, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wounded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wounding}.] [AS. wundian. [root]140. See {Wound}, n.] [1913 Webster] 1. To hurt by violence; to produce a breach, or separation of parts, in, as by a cut, stab, blow, or the like. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • wound — wound1 [wo͞ond] n. [ME wunde < OE wund, akin to Ger wunde < IE * wen , var. of base * wā , to hit, wound > WEN1] 1. an injury to the body in which the skin or other tissue is broken, cut, pierced, torn, etc. 2. an injury to a plant… …   English World dictionary

  • Wound — (?; 277), n. [OE. wounde, wunde, AS. wund; akin to OFries. wunde, OS. wunda, D. wonde, OHG. wunta, G. wunde, Icel. und, and to AS., OS., & G. wund sore, wounded, OHG. wunt, Goth. wunds, and perhaps also to Goth. winnan to suffer, E. win.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • wound — [n] injury anguish, bruise, cut, damage, distress, gash, grief, harm, heartbreak, hurt, insult, laceration, lesion, pain, pang, shock, slash, torment, torture, trauma; concept 309 wound [v1] cause bodily damage bruise, carve, clip*, contuse, cut …   New thesaurus

  • wound´ed|ly — wound|ed «WOON dihd», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. suffering from a wound or wounds: »Kay near him groaning like a wounded bull (Tennyson). 2. Figurative. deeply pained or grieved: »The quiet of my wounded conscience (Shakespeare). –n. the wounded,… …   Useful english dictionary

  • wound|ed — «WOON dihd», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. suffering from a wound or wounds: »Kay near him groaning like a wounded bull (Tennyson). 2. Figurative. deeply pained or grieved: »The quiet of my wounded conscience (Shakespeare). –n. the wounded, those who …   Useful english dictionary

  • wound´i ly — wound|y «WOON dee», adjective. Especially British Dialect. very great; extreme; excessive. ╂[< (God s) wound(s), an oath, swounds + y1] –wound´i ly, adverb …   Useful english dictionary

  • wound|y — «WOON dee», adjective. Especially British Dialect. very great; extreme; excessive. ╂[< (God s) wound(s), an oath, swounds + y1] –wound´i ly, adverb …   Useful english dictionary

  • Wound — Wound, imp. & p. p. of {Wind} to twist, and {Wind} to sound by blowing. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • wound up — [ˌwaund ˈʌp] adj [not before noun] anxious, worried, or excited ▪ I was too wound up to sleep …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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