injured
Suffering a wound
Injured means harmed or wounded, whether physically or emotionally.
An injured knee has been damaged; injured feelings have been hurt.
The injured are those who have sustained harm: The injured were taken to nearby hospitals.
Injured can also mean wronged or offended: an injured party, an injured tone of voice.
Having sustained harm
- hurtCause or feel pain
- harmedCaused injury to
- bruisedInjured beneath skin
- bleedingBlood loss from injury
fractured · sprained · cut · lacerated · gashed · bandaged · scarred · swollen
Cause or feel pain
- offendedFeeling hurt or disrespected
- woundedHaving sustained harm
- slightedTreated as unimportant
- wrongedTreated with injustice
aggrieved · insulted · snubbed · betrayed · humiliated · embarrassed · resentful · bitter
Unintended harmful event
- collisionForceful contact between objects
- impactForceful contact or consequence
- concussionBrain injury from impact
- hemorrhageProfuse discharge of blood
laceration · fracture · emergency · paramedics · ambulance · ER · triage · trauma center
Restoration of health
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- convalescencePost-illness healing phase
- recuperationGradual return to health
- physiotherapyTreatment restoring bodily function
rest · mending · comeback · improvement · resilience · therapy · exercise · stretching
Easily broken or damaged
- weakenedMade less capable
- susceptibleEasily influenced or harmed
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
- compromisedMade vulnerable to harm
sensitive · at-risk · prone · reinjury · setback · aggravated · favoring · limping
Having sustained harm
- victimOne harmed by another
- survivorOne still alive after
- fatalityDeath from accident
- killedCaused to die
combat · wartime · civilian · medic · field hospital · triage · shrapnel · friendly fire
Removed from participation
doubtful · questionable · day-to-day · ACL · hamstring · rotator cuff · concussion protocol · trainer
wounded
Having sustained harm
bleeding · fractured · sprained · cut · lacerated · gashed · bandaged · scarred · swollen · dislocated
hurt
Cause or feel pain
wronged · aggrieved · insulted · snubbed · betrayed · humiliated · embarrassed · resentful · bitter · stung
accident
Unintended harmful event
- collisionForceful contact between objects
- impactForceful contact or consequence
- concussionBrain injury from impact
hemorrhage · laceration · fracture · emergency · paramedics · ambulance · ER · triage · trauma center · ICU
healing
Restoration of health
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- convalescencePost-illness healing phase
- recuperationGradual return to health
physiotherapy · rest · mending · comeback · improvement · resilience · therapy · exercise · stretching · strengthening
fragile
Easily broken or damaged
- weakenedMade less capable
- susceptibleEasily influenced or harmed
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
compromised · sensitive · at-risk · prone · reinjury · setback · aggravated · favoring · limping · guarded
wounded
Having sustained harm
killed · combat · wartime · civilian · medic · field hospital · triage · shrapnel · friendly fire · purple heart
sidelined
Removed from participation
out · doubtful · questionable · day-to-day · ACL · hamstring · rotator cuff · concussion protocol · trainer · stretcher
- body part traitsbent, bony, bruised, calloused, crooked
- states of beingalive, dead, living, existing, conscious
- incapacitatedunconscious, knocked out, out cold, passed out, comatose
- survival statesalive, dead, dying, safe, wounded
- air rescuemedevac, air ambulance, helicopter rescue, airlift, life flight
- victimsvictim, victims, casualty, survivors, fatality
- head injuryHarm to the skull
- add insult to injuryWorsen harm with mockery
- insult to injuryWorsening an already bad situation
- repetitive strain injuryTissue damage from overuse
- brain injuryDamage to cranial organ
- sports injuryHarm from physical activity
injury, injure, injurious, uninjured, injuring, injures, reinjure, injuriously, injurer