“Wounds” is a form of
wound
UK /ˈwuːnd/ · US /ˈwund/ noun, verb
Also a form of wind
Forms wounds wounding wounded woundest woundedst woundeth wounde
- noun An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.
- noun (figuratively) A hurt to a person's feelings, reputation, prospects, etc. “It took a long time to get over the wound of that insult.”
- noun (crime law) An injury to a person by which the skin is divided or its continuity broken.
- verb (transitive) To hurt or injure (someone) by cutting, piercing, or tearing the skin. “The police officer wounded the suspect during the fight that ensued.”
- verb (transitive) To hurt (a person's feelings). “The actor's pride was wounded when the leading role went to his rival.”
Synonyms
injury lesion slight slur insult damage harm abuse annoy bewound damnify dere do damage to do for do ill do violence to forwork grieve harrow hurt combat injury wounding injure bruise offend spite
Etymology
Noun from Middle English wund, from Old English wund, from Proto-West Germanic *wundu, from Proto-Germanic *wundō (“wound”), from Proto-Indo-European *wen- (“to strive, toil, win”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Wuunde (“wound”), Cimbrian bunta (“wound”), Dutch wond, wonde (“wound”), German Wunde (“wonde”), Luxembourgish Wonn (“wound”), Yiddish וווּנד (vund, “wound”), Icelandic und (“wound”), Gothic *𐍅𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰 (*wunda, “wound”) (whence 𐍅𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍆𐌽𐌹 (wundufni, “disease, plague”)); also Old Armenian վանդեմ (vandem, “to destroy; to catch a disease”).
Verb from Middle English wunden, from Old English wundian, from Proto-Germanic *wundōną (“to wound”).
Cognate with Cimbrian buntan (“to wound”), Dutch wonden (“to wound”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍉𐌽 (gawundōn, “to wound”).
See wind (Etymology 2)
Webster’s 1913
- noun A hurt or injury caused by violence; specifically, a breach of the skin and flesh of an animal, or in the substance of any creature or living thing; a cut, stab, rent, or the like. Chaucer.
- noun Fig.: An injury, hurt, damage, detriment, or the like, to feeling, faculty, reputation, etc.
- verb To hurt by violence; to produce a breach, or separation of parts, in, as by a cut, stab, blow, or the like.
- verb 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.
Etymology [OE. wounde, wunde, AS. wund; akin to OFries. wunde, OS. wunda, D. wonde, OHG. wunta, G. wunde, Icel. und, and to AS., OS., & G. wund sore, wounded, OHG. wunt, Goth. wunds, and perhaps also to Goth. winnan to suffer, E. win. *140. Cf. Zounds.]
Etymology [AS. wundian. *140. See Wound, n.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “wound”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details