Wound

/wyːnd/

Synonyms for "wound" (305 found)

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Closest matches (61)

Noun(5 words)

injury lesion bloodying coilcombat injury

abrade abrasion abscess abuse ache aching afflict affront aggrieve agonize ail anguish apostemebarb the dartbarkbed sorebefoul bewitch bite blain

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bleb blemish blight blister bloody blow boil break bruise bubo bulla bunion burn cankercanker sorecarbuncle chafe chancre chancroid check chilblain chip clawcold soreconcussion condemn convulse corrupt crack crackle

Verb(4 words)

bayoneted bruise bruised contusing

Adjective(2 words)

bloodied contused

Strong matches (92)

cramp craze crucify curse cutcut updamage defile deprave despoil destroy disadvantage disserve distressdo a mischiefdo evildo illdo wrongdo wrong bydolor

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doom envenom eschar excruciate felon fester festeringfever blisterfistulaflash burnfracture fray frazzle fret furuncle furunculus gall gash gatheringget into troublegive offensegive paingive umbragegnaw grate graze grief grieve grind gripe gumboil harass harm harrow hemorrhoids hex hurthurt the feelingsimpair incapacitate incise incision infect inflameinflict paininjure injury irritate jinx kibe

Noun(18 words)

cutting damagedeep cutdistress gashes gashing gimp gore gores goring harm harming hurt hurts injure injured injuries injuring

Verb(4 words)

gored hurt injure injures

Related words (152)

kill by inchesknife lacerate laceration lesion maimmake mincemeat ofmaltreat martyr martyrize maul menace mistreat molestmortal woundmutilate mutilationnasty blownip offend

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outrage pain pang papula papule paronychia parulis passion persecute petechia pierce pile piles pimple pinchplay havoc withplay hob withpock poison pollute polyp prejudice prickprolong the agonypuncture pustuleput to torturerack rankle rasp rend rent rip rising rub run rupture savage scab scald scar scathe scorch scotch scrape scratch scuffsecond-degree burnshock shoot skin slash slitsoft chancresoresore spotspasm sprain stabstab woundstick stigma sting strain stressstress of lifestroke sty suffering suppuration swelling taint teartender spotthird-degree burnthreaten throes torment torture trauma traumatize tubercle tweak twisttwist the knifeulcer ulceration violate wale welt wheal whelk whitlowwounds immedicablewreak havocwreak havoc onwrench wring wrong

Verb(14 words)

knifes lacerated lacerates lacerating lanced maimed maims offend pained rends spite spooled stabbed traumatizes

Noun(19 words)

knifing laceration lacerations maim offend punctum punctures roweling scar scars shame sores spooling stings trauma traumata ulcerations winding wounding

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6 relation types

More general

23 entries

arouse coil damage distress elicitemotional harmenkindle evoke fire harm hurt injure injury kindle loss

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More specific

10 entries

cable woundgunshot woundincised woundlacerationrope woundstab woundthread woundwire woundwound confidencewound pride

Collocations

8 entries

gunshot woundincised woundopen woundpuncture woundwound carewound dressingwound healingwound site

Inflections

3 entries

wounded wounding wounds

Derivations

2 entries

unwounded wounding

similar

1 entries

coiled

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Rub salt in the wound.

Source: tatoeba (19564)

The nurse wound my leg with a bandage.

Source: tatoeba (20985)

The soldier carried on as if his wound was nothing.

Source: tatoeba (44102)

The road wound through the fields.

Source: tatoeba (44676)

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