: injured, hurt by, or suffering from a wound
a wounded leg
wounded feelings
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Colin P. Clarke, Foreign Affairs, 1 Aug. 2024
Just hours after Trump pumped his fist in the air and wiped the blood off his wounded ear, memes and videos began appearing online casting Trump in the role of 50 Cent or Tupac Shakur, targeted Black rappers who famously survived violent, bloody ambushes.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 21 July 2024
That context, especially against the backdrop of the present agony of Palestinians, creates painful dissonance with her work’s wounded humanism—and, ironically, underscores the urgent need for it.
—The New Yorker, 26 June 2024
Her Berniece is a wounded creature, ready to snarl at any who would threaten her, her daughter, her memories of her late husband, or their precious family piano.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 2 Sep. 2024
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Adjective
The attacks in Iran and Russia combined left nearly 250 people dead and hundreds more wounded.
—Colin P. Clarke, Foreign Affairs, 1 Aug. 2024
Just hours after Trump pumped his fist in the air and wiped the blood off his wounded ear, memes and videos began appearing online casting Trump in the role of 50 Cent or Tupac Shakur, targeted Black rappers who famously survived violent, bloody ambushes.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 21 July 2024
That context, especially against the backdrop of the present agony of Palestinians, creates painful dissonance with her work’s wounded humanism—and, ironically, underscores the urgent need for it.
—The New Yorker, 26 June 2024
Her Berniece is a wounded creature, ready to snarl at any who would threaten her, her daughter, her memories of her late husband, or their precious family piano.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 2 Sep. 2024
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“Wounded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wounded. Accessed 5 Oct. 2024.
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wounded
1 of 2 plural noun
wound·ed
ˈwün-dəd 
: persons that have been wounded
wounded
2 of 2 adjective
: injured, hurt by, or suffering from a wound
a wounded leg
wounded feelings
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