Hypertext Webster Gateway: "wounded"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Wound \Wound\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wounded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Wounding}.] [AS. wundian. [root]140. See {Wound}, n.]
1. To hurt by violence; to produce a breach, or separation of
parts, in, as by a cut, stab, blow, or the like.
The archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the
archers. --1 Sam. xxxi.
3.
2. To hurt the feelings of; to pain by disrespect,
ingratitude, or the like; to cause injury to.
When ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their
weak conscience, ye sin against Christ. --1 Cor.
viii. 12.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
wounded
adj 1: suffering from physical injury especially that suffered in
battle; "nursing his wounded arm"; "ambulances...for
the hurt men and women" [syn: {hurt}]
2: suffering from emotional injury; "a bruised ego"; "to salve
her wounded feelings"; "an air of hurt innocence"; "a tone
of hurt surprise" [syn: {bruised}, {hurt}]
n : people who are wounded; "they had to leave the wounded where
they fell" [syn: {maimed}]
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