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Annoyed vs Wounded - What's the difference?

annoyed | wounded |

As verbs the difference between annoyed and wounded

is that annoyed is past tense of annoy while wounded is past tense of wound.

As adjectives the difference between annoyed and wounded

is that annoyed is troubled, irritated by something unwanted or unliked; vexed while wounded is suffering from a wound, especially one acquired in battle.

As a noun wounded is

usually, with "the" People who are maimed or have wounds.

annoyed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (annoy)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Troubled, irritated by something unwanted or unliked; vexed.

    • Anagrams

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    wounded

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (wound)
  • * 1913: )
    • Nila, Agni's son, brandishing an uptorn tree, rushed on Prahasta; but he wounded the monkey with showers of arows.

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Suffering from a wound, especially one acquired in battle.
  • * 1883:
    • ...he was deadly pale, and the blood-stained bandage round his head told that he had recently been wounded , and still more recently dressed.
  • (figuratively) Suffering from an emotional injury.
    • My wounded pride never recovered from her rejection.

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • (qualifier) People who are maimed or have wounds.
    • The wounded lay on stretchers waiting for surgery.

    Derived terms

    * walking wounded