wounded

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Derived terms 1.2.2 Translations 1.3 Verb 1.4 Adjective 1.4.1 Translations

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Noun

wounded pl.

1. (usually with "the") People who are maimed or have wounds.

   The battlefield was covered with dead and wounded.

[edit] Derived terms

• walking wounded

[edit] Translations

• Finnish: haavoittuneet pl., loukkaantuneet pl.

[edit] Verb

wounded

1. Simple past tense and past participle of wound.
   • 1913: Valmiki, The Ramayana, (translated by Sister Nivedita and Ananda Coomaraswamy)

     Nila, Agni's son, brandishing an uptorn tree, rushed on Prahasta; but he wounded the monkey with showers of arows.

[edit] Adjective

wounded

1. Suffering from a wound, especially one acquired in battle.
   • 1883: Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

     ...he was deadly pale, and the blood-stained bandage round his head told that he had recently been wounded, and still more recently dressed.

2. (figuratively) Suffering from an emotional injury.

   My wounded pride never recovered from her rejection.

[edit] Translations

• Italian: ferito it(it)

• Italian: ferito it(it)