Synonyms for wounded
- adjective
Most common
hurt injured damaged traumatized screwed up jacked up fucked-up
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Suffering from a wound — suffering from an emotional injury
injured, hurt, damaged, traumatized, traumatised UK, imbrued dated
2. Tore up
tore up US, screwed up, jacked up
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Suffering from an emotional injury.
My wounded pride never recovered from her rejection.
- adj. 2
Suffering from a wound, especially one acquired in battle from a weapon, such as a gun or a knife.
The wounded lay on stretchers waiting for surgery.
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One may be annoyed by the well-meaning awkwardness of a servant, irritated by a tight shoe or a thoughtless remark, vexed at some careless neglect or needless misfortune, wounded by the ingratitude of child or friend.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- hurt I don't want to hurt Tom, but I will if I have to.
- injured Ten people were killed or injured in the accident.
- damaged The house with the damaged roof has been repaired.
- traumatized This accident has psychologically traumatized him.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| wounded | rising | |
| hurt | rising | |
| injured | steady | |
| damaged | steady | |
| traumatized | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- hurt1
- 7 letters
- injured2, damaged2, imbrued
- 11 letters
- traumatized3, traumatised
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (injured2 = 2 syllables).