wounding
Inflicting bodily damage
Wounding describes something that causes injury—physical or emotional.
A wounding blow damages the body; wounding words damage feelings or pride.
The term often appears in legal contexts: wounding with intent.
As a noun, wounding is the act of inflicting such injury: The wounding occurred during the altercation.
Minor or thin
- insultOffensive remark or action
- affrontDeliberate public insult
- barbBackward-pointing spike
- digUnearth by shoveling
snub · rebuff · put-down · belittlement · humiliation · mockery · ridicule · derision
Torn, ragged wound
- gashDeep, ragged incision
- incisionControlled cut into tissue
- punctureHole from penetration
- abrasionShallow surface wound
contusion · lesion · slash · stab · cut · scrape · bruise · fracture
Violent offensive act
- attackAggressive act against another
- stabbingWounding with a blade
- shootingDischarging a weapon
- batteringRepeated forceful striking
maiming · mutilation · infliction · aggression · brutality · savagery · combat · strike
Cause or feel pain
- painBodily or emotional distress
- anguishIntense mental suffering
- heartacheDeep emotional distress
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
betrayal · rejection · abandonment · trauma · scarring · healing · sensitivity · vulnerability
Far from surface
- penetratingPassing into or through
- superficialLacking depth or substance
- fleshSoft body matter
- surfaceOutermost boundary layer
gaping · open · clean · jagged · ragged · entry · exit · through-and-through
slight
Minor or thin
dig · snub · rebuff · put-down · belittlement · humiliation · mockery · ridicule · derision · cutting
laceration
Torn, ragged wound
abrasion · contusion · lesion · slash · stab · cut · scrape · bruise · fracture · hemorrhage
assault
Violent offensive act
battering · maiming · mutilation · infliction · aggression · brutality · savagery · combat · strike · blow
hurt
Cause or feel pain
grief · betrayal · rejection · abandonment · trauma · scarring · healing · sensitivity · vulnerability · distress
deep
Far from surface
- penetratingPassing into or through
- superficialLacking depth or substance
- fleshSoft body matter
surface · gaping · open · clean · jagged · ragged · entry · exit · through-and-through · shallow
- Jewish Tortstorts, tort law, property damage, bodily harm, personal injury
- injuriesbruise, fracture, sprain, fractures, concussion
- harshbiting, bitter, brutal, caustic, cruel
- bodily harmhurt, injure, harm, injuries, bruise
- harmharming, injury, hurting, abuse, injuring
- traumaabuse, abandonment, abandonment trauma, acute stress, amnesia
woundinghealing
Restoration of health
comforting · consoling · soothing · reassuring · uplifting