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Wounded vs Woundedness - What's the difference?

wounded | woundedness |

As nouns the difference between wounded and woundedness

is that wounded is (qualifier) people who are maimed or have wounds while woundedness is the quality or state of being wounded.

As a verb wounded

is (wound).

As an adjective wounded

is suffering from a wound, especially one acquired in battle.

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

    woundedness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The quality or state of being wounded
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