WOUNDED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wounded mean? 

• WOUNDED (noun)
  The noun WOUNDED has 1 sense:

1. people who are wounded

  Familiarity information: WOUNDED used as a noun is very rare.

• WOUNDED (adjective)
  The adjective WOUNDED has 1 sense:

1. suffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battle

  Familiarity information: WOUNDED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WOUNDED (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

People who are wounded

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

maimed; wounded

Context example:

they had to leave the wounded where they fell

Hypernyms ("wounded" is a kind of...):

people ((plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively)

• WOUNDED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Suffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battle

Synonyms:

hurt; wounded

Context example:

ambulances...for the hurt men and women

Similar:

injured (harmed)

 Context examples 

"Is I wounded up like the watch?"

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

“The captain's wounded,” said Mr. Trelawney.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

“You are not wounded, Holmes?” I asked, as my friend entered the room.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Everybody drank; the wounded drank; Oofty-Oofty, who helped me, drank.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

"Yes, it is a child, but who brought it here? And is it wounded?" I asked.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

They carried off their wounded comrade—he was bleedin' like a pig—and then they sat around us, and if ever I saw frozen murder it was in their faces.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

As Harriet described it, there had been an interesting mixture of wounded affection and genuine delicacy in their behaviour.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

There he lay for the remainder of the weary night, nursing his wrath and wounded pride.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

I suppose, Doctor, you have not recovered the bullet which wounded the lady?

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I have been in 180 engagements, and I have, as you see, lost my eye and my arm, and been sorely wounded besides.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)