wound
Curled or injured
Wound has two pronunciations with different meanings.
With the "oo" sound, a wound is an injury where skin or tissue is cut or broken: a gunshot wound, wounds that wouldn't heal.
The verb means to inflict such injury, or to hurt emotionally: His words wounded her deeply.
With the "ow" sound, wound is the past tense of wind—to coil or turn: She wound the thread around the spool, The road wound through the mountains.
Torn, ragged wound
- gashDeep, ragged incision
- cutSeverance or reduction
- punctureHole from penetration
- abrasionShallow surface wound
incision · stab · slash · scrape · lesion · contusion · bruise · burn
Profuse discharge of blood
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- sepsisDangerous inflammatory infection response
- inflammationProtective tissue response
- necrosisLocalized cell death
gangrene · abscess · ulcer · discharge · pus · swelling · tenderness · triage
Cause or feel pain
- painBodily or emotional distress
- betrayalBreaking of trust
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- anguishIntense mental suffering
heartache · grief · suffering · insult · slight · offense · rejection · abandonment
Wound covering strip
- dressingSauce for salads
- suturesMedical wound closures
- stitchesThread fastening wounds
- gauzeOpen-weave medical fabric
antiseptic · ointment · salve · poultice · scab · granulation · regeneration · tissue
laceration
Torn, ragged wound
abrasion · incision · stab · slash · scrape · lesion · contusion · bruise · burn · graze
hemorrhage
Profuse discharge of blood
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- sepsisDangerous inflammatory infection response
- inflammationProtective tissue response
necrosis · gangrene · abscess · ulcer · discharge · pus · swelling · tenderness · triage · trauma
hurt
Cause or feel pain
anguish · heartache · grief · suffering · insult · slight · offense · rejection · abandonment · humiliation
bandage
Wound covering strip
gauze · antiseptic · ointment · salve · poultice · scab · granulation · regeneration · tissue · scar
gunshot
Firearm's explosive report
bullet · mortar · shelling · grenade · battlefield · casualty · triage · medic · tourniquet · field dressing
twisted
Wound around itself
spiraled · spooled · reeled · looped · twined · furled · winding · overwound · spring · clockwork
- 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
wounded, wounds, wounding, unwound, rewound, unwounded, woundedness