Wounded
Bearing an injury
Wounded describes someone or something that has been injured, typically by a weapon or violence: wounded soldiers, a wounded animal.
The wound may be physical or emotional—a wounded pride, a wounded heart.
The wounded refers collectively to those who have been injured: They carried the wounded from the battlefield.
As a verb form, wounded is the past tense of wound: The bullet wounded him in the shoulder.
Having sustained harm
- hurtCause or feel pain
- bleedingBlood loss from injury
- scarredMarked by healed wounds
- bandagedCovered with dressing
lacerated · gashed · bruised · cut · trauma · stitches · dressing · gauze
Cause or feel pain
- heartbrokenOverwhelmed with grief
- betrayedViolated someone's trust
- damagedMade worse by injury
- scarredMarked by healed wounds
pain · trauma · grief · anguish · rejected · abandoned · vulnerable · fragile
Having sustained harm
- trappedUnable to escape
- rescuedFreed from danger
- rehabilitatedRestored to former capacity
- shelterProtected place or structure
wildlife · sanctuary · predator · prey · limping · suffering · veterinary · healing
One's self-image
- humiliatedMade to feel worthless
- embarrassedSelf-consciously uncomfortable
- dignityInnate personal worth
- shamePainful awareness of failure
deflated · bruised · offended · slighted · insulted · mortified · humbled · diminished
Person harmed in disaster
- combatArmed hostile engagement
- veteranExperienced former soldier
- medicEmergency care provider
- triageSeverity-based prioritization
battlefield · shrapnel · Purple Heart · evacuation · stretcher · field hospital · medevac · fallen
injured
Having sustained harm
bandaged · lacerated · gashed · bruised · cut · trauma · stitches · dressing · gauze · infection
hurt
Cause or feel pain
- heartbrokenOverwhelmed with grief
- betrayedViolated someone's trust
- damagedMade worse by injury
scarred · pain · trauma · grief · anguish · rejected · abandoned · vulnerable · fragile · healing
injured
Having sustained harm
- trappedUnable to escape
- rescuedFreed from danger
- rehabilitatedRestored to former capacity
shelter · wildlife · sanctuary · predator · prey · limping · suffering · veterinary · healing · orphaned
ego
One's self-image
- humiliatedMade to feel worthless
- embarrassedSelf-consciously uncomfortable
- dignityInnate personal worth
shame · deflated · bruised · offended · slighted · insulted · mortified · humbled · diminished · stung
casualty
Person harmed in disaster
triage · battlefield · shrapnel · Purple Heart · evacuation · stretcher · field hospital · medevac · fallen · soldier
Woundedhealed
Returned to health
whole · resilient · unbothered · secure · thick-skinned
Woundedcombat-ready
Prepared for armed conflict
able-bodied · operational · uninjured · battle-ready · active
- wound upConcluded or agitated
- open woundUnhealed break in skin
- all wound upExtremely tense, agitated
- wound downGradually reduced activity
- time heals all woundsGrief lessens over years
- salt in the woundCompounding existing pain