WOUNDED Synonyms: 123 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

Definition of wounded

as in injured

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verb

past tense of wound

as in damaged

to cause bodily damage to an arrow had wounded the animal, but the vet was able to save it

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as in insulted

to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in that callous comment really wounded me

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Clashes last week between armed groups from rival communities in the central part of South Sudan left scores of people dead and overwhelmed a hospital with wounded people, officials said. — ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026 Officers found the wounded woman and several vehicles that appeared to have been struck by gunfire. — Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2026

Verb

Police said on Wednesday that the situation was under control and the curfew had been lifted after days of protests that intensified when an officer shot and wounded a woman on Friday. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026 Brooke Jenkins said Walker fired the weapon that wounded White. — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for wounded

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Like Dillane’s Willoughby, wily and louche, who quite literally sweeps Marianne off her injured foot and into a giggly, schoolyard kind of chaotic sudden romance.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 13 Oct. 2026
The injured officer was taken to an area hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

— Jeff Gurney, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of injured

Verb

The bottom of the walls was damaged; these surfaces are not smooth and easily cleanable.

— NWA Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
But cars have been burned, trees damaged and people hurt in communities across the Palestinian territory, with some people calling this the most dangerous season yet.

— Reuters, NBC news, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of damaged

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For the last two years, Francesca Ortega insulted Latinos on social media with rhetoric that sounded straight from Stephen Miller.

— Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
Others insulted them, settling into the familiar wrestling roles of heroes and villains before ever stepping between the ropes.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of insulted

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Radicals, outraged at its concessions, wanted to fight and topple the shogunate in favor of imperial rule.

— Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Team member outraged University of Maryland freshman Camryn Bryant is on the club tennis team that is embroiled in the scandal.

— Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026

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