wounded

wound ¹  (wnd)

n.

1. An injury, especially one in which the skin or another external surface is torn, pierced, cut, or otherwise broken.

2. An injury to the feelings.

v. wound·ed, wound·ing, wounds

v.tr.

To inflict wounds or a wound on.

v.intr.

To inflict wounds or a wound: harsh criticism that wounds.

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[Middle English, from Old English wund; see wen-² in Indo-European roots.]

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wounded·ly adv.

wounding·ly adv.

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wound ²  (wound)

v.

Past tense and past participle of wind².

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	wounded - people who are wounded; "they had to leave the wounded where they fell" maimed people - (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience"
Adj.	1.	wounded - suffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battle; "nursing his wounded arm"; "ambulances...for the hurt men and women" hurt injured - harmed; "injured soldiers"; "injured feelings"

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See: seriously wounded; slightly wounded.