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

Moscow seeks to capitalize on this shortage with ballistic missile strikes in early July killing dozens of Ukrainian civilians including children, and wounding hundreds more. — Ihor N. Stelmach, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026

In neighboring Iraq, a base of the Kurdistan Freedom Party, an Iranian Kurdish dissident group, near Irbil was struck by a drone early Sunday, wounding eight of its members, according to Rebaz Sharifi, a military official with the group. — Arkansas Online, 19 July 2026

Another Israeli strike hit a group of people in the Zeitoun neighborhood, killing four and wounding one critically, health officials said. — Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2026

Another Israeli strike hit a group of people in the Zeitoun neighborhood, killing four and wounding another critically, health officials said. — Wafaa Shurafa, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2026

According to court records, Sevey allegedly began shooting at a group of four people running away, wounding a male juvenile in the leg. — Harry Harris, Mercury News, 15 July 2026

Later in the morning, a missile strike in the ‌port city of Odesa killed two people and wounded another, ‌while a drone hit a civilian enterprise in the eastern city of Kharkiv, wounding seven. — Reuters, NBC news, 11 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