: injured, hurt by, or suffering from a wound
a wounded leg
wounded feelings
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Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
Although the real architect of Megalopolis is Oxman, in the film, she is relegated to being a nurse-like figure to Catilina’s wounded genius.
—Kate Wagner, Curbed, 21 Oct. 2024
Lebanon’s crisis operations center, which is run by the health ministry, asked all medical workers to head to their respective hospitals to help cope with the massive numbers of wounded coming in for urgent care.
—Laila Bassam, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Sep. 2024
Jacobs, the wounded officer, left policing and became an attorney in 1992.
—Teri Figueroa, The Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2024
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Adjective
Speaking of wounded anger, Stuart Heywood is the person expressing the strongest and most righteous version of that feeling.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
Although the real architect of Megalopolis is Oxman, in the film, she is relegated to being a nurse-like figure to Catilina’s wounded genius.
—Kate Wagner, Curbed, 21 Oct. 2024
Lebanon’s crisis operations center, which is run by the health ministry, asked all medical workers to head to their respective hospitals to help cope with the massive numbers of wounded coming in for urgent care.
—Laila Bassam, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Sep. 2024
Jacobs, the wounded officer, left policing and became an attorney in 1992.
—Teri Figueroa, The Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2024
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“Wounded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wounded. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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wounded
1 of 2 plural noun
wound·ed
ˈwün-dəd 
: persons that have been wounded
wounded
2 of 2 adjective
: injured, hurt by, or suffering from a wound
a wounded leg
wounded feelings
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