WORDLE ENGLISH
wound
noun
wound—an injury to the body, especially one where the skin is cut or broken
/wuːnd/, /wyːnd/, /wʉːnd/
Origin
Noun from Middle English wund, from Old English wund, from Proto-Germanic *wundō. Verb from Middle English wunden, from Old English wundian, from Proto-Germanic *wundōną.
noun
- An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.“The visitors were without Wayne Rooney after he suffered a head wound in training, which also keeps him out of England's World Cup qualifiers against Moldova and Ukraine.”“Showers of blood / Rained from the wounds of slaughtered Englishmen.”“I went below, and did what I could for my wound; it pained me a good deal, and still bled freely; but it was neither deep nor dangerous, nor did it greatly gall me when I used my arm.”
- figurativelyA hurt to a person's feelings, reputation, prospects, etc.“It took a long time to get over the wound of that insult.”
- An injury to a person by which the skin is divided or its continuity broken.
verb
- transitiveTo hurt or injure (someone) by cutting, piercing, or tearing the skin.“The police officer wounded the suspect during the fight that ensued.”
- transitiveTo hurt (a person's feelings).“The actor's pride was wounded when the leading role went to his rival.”“I find neglect or rejection from my own community much harder to take and more wounding than the same thing or worse from the outside world.”
- form-of, participle, pastsimple past and past participle of wind““[…] Captain Markam had been found lying half-insensible, gagged and bound, on the floor of the sitting-room, his hands and feet tightly pinioned, and a woollen comforter wound closely round his mouth”
Formswounds(plural) · wounds(present, singular, third-person) · wounding(participle, present) · wounded(participle, past) · wounded(past) · wound(infinitive) · wound(first-person, present, singular) · wounded(first-person, past, singular) · wound(present, second-person, singular) · woundest(archaic, present, second-person, singular) · wounded(past, second-person, singular) · woundedst(archaic, past, second-person, singular) · woundeth(archaic, present, singular, third-person) · wounded(past, singular, third-person) · wound(plural, present) · wounded(past, plural) · wound(present, subjunctive) · wounded(past, subjunctive) · wound(imperative, present) · -(imperative, past)
Appeared In
Sedecordle Board 5 #4 · April 14, 2026
Daily Puzzle #1746 · March 31, 2026
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