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wounded

/ˈwuːndɪd/
verb
  1. To hurt or injure (someone) by cutting, piercing, or tearing the skin.

    "The police officer wounded the suspect during the fight that ensued."

  2. To hurt (a person's feelings).

    "The actor's pride was wounded when the leading role went to his rival."

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

    "A wounded soldier."

  2. Suffering from an emotional injury.

    "My wounded pride never recovered from her rejection."

  3. Of a particle: having undergone an inelastic collision.

    "a wounded nucleon"

Synonymshurt, imbrued, injured, damaged, hurt, traumatised

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