Synonyms of wounding

wounding 1 of 2

adjective

as in damaging

Related Words

• damaging
• fatal
• injurious
• destructive
• lethal
• harmful
• hurtful
• detrimental
• malignant
• poisonous
• threatening
• deleterious
• pernicious
• troublesome
• murderous
• ruinous
• noxious
• ill
• unhealthy
• evil
• dangerous
• baneful
• hazardous
• adverse
• negative
• baleful
• hostile
• unfavorable
• prejudicial
• perilous
• risky
• unsafe
• imperiling
• disadvantageous
• inimical
• bad
• jeopardizing
• defamatory
• unfriendly
• unsympathetic
• counter
• offensive
• antagonistic
• scathing
• slanderous
• untoward
• parlous
• opposing
• resisting
• resistant
• uncongenial
• calumnious
• intolerant
• uncooperative
• conflicting
• inhospitable
• detractive
• competing
• antipathetic
• counteracting
• countering

Dissimilar Words

• positive
• sympathetic
• favorable
• advantageous
• friendly
• beneficial
• supportive
• useful
• good
• helpful
• innocent
• nonfatal
• propitious
• harmless
• nondestructive
• innocuous
• well-disposed
• inoffensive
• nonthreatening
• nonlethal
• tolerant
• understanding
• benign
• congenial
• amiable
• hospitable
• friendly
• agreeable
• complying
• cordial
• unresistant
• amicable
• affable
• benignant

wounding

2 of 2

verb

present participle of wound

1

as in injuring

to cause bodily damage to

an arrow had wounded the animal, but the vet was able to save it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• injuring
• damaging
• bruising
• hurting
• harming
• torturing
• tearing
• battering
• scarring
• lacerating
• maiming
• mutilating
• blowing out
• scalding
• tormenting
• crippling
• grazing
• scathing
• bloodying
• gashing
• nicking
• afflicting
• creasing
• impairing
• mangling
• hamstringing
• goring
• cutting
• straining
• maltreating
• abusing
• contusing
• laming
• marring
• scraping
• laying up
• spoiling
• aggrieving
• blemishing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• healing
• fixing
• curing
• remedying
• mending

2

as in insulting

to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in

that callous comment really wounded me

Synonyms & Similar Words

• insulting
• offending
• outraging
• taunting
• slapping
• hurting
• affronting
• disrespecting
• displeasing
• slighting
• upsetting
• disturbing
• mocking
• troubling
• distressing
• ridiculing
• dissing
• torturing
• tormenting
• snubbing
• jeering
• paining
• oppressing
• disparaging
• cutting
• maligning
• slandering
• reviling
• libeling
• persecuting
• defaming
• smearing
• sneering (at)
• slurring
• miffing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• approving
• applauding
• hailing
• praising
• commending
• acclaiming
• complimenting
• eulogizing
• honoring
• flattering
• exalting
• satisfying
• gratifying
• pleasing
• glorifying
• delighting
• adulating
• sweet-talking

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of wounding

Verb

In Brooklyn, New York’s Coney Island neighborhood, a man in a black ski mask opened fire on a family barbecue late Saturday night, wounding at least eight people, including four children. — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 5 July 2026

Nandito Badea, 21, and George Stana, 25, were found guilty by a jury last month of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. — ABC News, 3 July 2026

Seven additional defendants were sentenced Wednesday in Fort Worth for their roles in a domestic terrorism case involving a July 4, 2025, protest that ended in a shooting wounding a police officer at the Prairieland ICE Detention Center in Alvarado. — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 July 2026

Gangbangers as young as 14 terrorized a Bronx neighborhood for months with shootouts targeting rivals from a local housing project while often wounding innocent bystanders, law enforcement officials said Monday. — Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 30 June 2026

Russian drones also hit a passenger minibus in the southern city of Zaporizhzhia, killing three and wounding six, including a child, Zelensky said on social media. — Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026

The one-two punch wreaked massive destruction throughout the region, killing at least 235 and wounding more than 4,300. — Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 27 June 2026

Manila, Philippines — Two students armed with hand guns opened fire in a high school in the central Philippines on Monday, killing three fellow students and wounding another seven, police said. — CBS News, 22 June 2026

Another strike on Saturday targeted a group of people in the sprawling tent camp of Muwasi in southern Gaza, killing one and wounding eight others, according to Nasser hospital, where the casualties were taken. — Wafaa Shurafa, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2026