woundedadjective
uk/ˈwuːn.dɪd/us/ˈwuːn.dɪd/wounded adjective (UPSET)
offended or upset by what someone has said or done:
a wounded expression
wounded pride
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Feeling sad and unhappy
- (down) in the dumps idiom
- a dog's life idiom
- a long face idiom
- abject
- be cut up idiom
- be down in the mouth idiom
- be in a funk idiom
- bruised
- distressed
- dog
- doleful
- dour
- miserably
- moody
- mope
- mope around (somewhere)
- morose
- mournful
- the doldrums
- wretched
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wounded adjective (INJURED)
injured, especially with a cut or hole in the skin:
a wounded soldier
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Injuring and injuries
- at-risk
- be in the wars idiom
- bite
- boo-boo
- cripple
- disable
- gash
- harm
- injure
- injury
- lesion
- muscle
- pull
- rick
- sprain
- trample
- twist
- victim
- whiplash
- wound 1
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woundednoun [ plural ]
uk/ˈwuːn.dɪd/us/ˈwuːn.dɪd/the wounded
people who are injured:
Ambulances took the wounded to nearby hospitals.
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Medical treatment: people who receive medical treatment
- admission
- asthmatic
- case
- casualty
- convalescent
- day patient
- donor
- dying
- epileptic
- geriatric
- injured
- inpatient
- invalid 1
- outpatient
- patient
- PWA
- sick
- sufferer
- under
- victim