Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wounded

/ˈwuːndɪd/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.32 in modern English

Syllables: wound-ed
IPA: /ˈwuːndɪd/

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of wound

adj

Suffering from a wound, especially one acquired in battle from a weapon, such as a gun or a knife.

adj

Suffering from an emotional injury.

adj

Of a particle: having undergone an inelastic collision.

Example Sentences

"Nila, Agni's son, brandishing an uptorn tree, rushed on Prahasta; but he wounded the monkey with showers of arows."
"A wounded soldier."
"The wounded lay on stretchers waiting for surgery."
"Every single hospital was taking in wounded from the front."
"[…] he was deadly pale, and the blood-stained bandage round his head told that he had recently been wounded, and still more recently dressed."
"Long ago, when King Kung of Ch’u fought with Duke Li of Chin at Yen-ling, the Ch’u army was defeated and King Kung was wounded in the eye."

Phrases

charge like a wounded bull walking wounded

Frequently Paired Words

injury harm

Synonyms

hurt imbrued injured damaged traumatised banged up crocked fucked up gimped jacked up messed up tore up

Antonyms

healthy intact noninjured nonwounded uninjured unwounded

Questions

How do you pronounce wounded?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈwuːndɪd/.
What does wounded mean?: simple past and past participle of wound

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