wound
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Is wound a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of wound?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (figuratively) A hurt to a person's feelings, reputation, prospects, etc.Examples: "It took a long time to get over the wound of that insult."Synonyms: slight, slur, insultfiguratively
2. (crime law) An injury to a person by which the skin is divided or its continuity broken.
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To hurt or injure (someone) by cutting, piercing, or tearing the skin.Examples: "The police officer wounded the suspect during the fight that ensued."Synonyms: damage, harm, abuse, annoy, bewound, damage, damnify, deretransitive
2. (transitive) To hurt (a person's feelings).Examples: "The actor's pride was wounded when the leading role went to his rival."; "I find neglect or rejection from my own community much harder to take and more wounding than the same thing or worse from the outside world."Synonyms: affront, hurt, abuse, affront, burn, carry, cut down, disrespecttransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary