Synonyms of wounds

wounds 1 of 2

noun

plural of wound

as in injuries

Related Words

• injuries
• abrasions
• scratches
• fractures
• scores
• lacerations
• tears
• scrapes
• ruptures
• incisions
• snags
• gashes
• slits
• cracks
• rents
• slashes
• rips

wounds

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of wound

1

as in damages

to cause bodily damage to

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• damages
• injures
• bruises
• hurts
• scars
• harms
• tears
• tortures
• lacerates
• gashes
• grazes
• blows out
• torments
• scalds
• creases
• nicks
• maims
• gores
• mutilates
• strains
• bloodies
• lames
• batters
• abuses
• cuts
• cripples
• scrapes
• hamstrings
• afflicts
• contuses
• mangles
• scathes
• maltreats
• lays up
• impairs
• mars
• spoils
• blemishes
• aggrieves

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• heals
• fixes
• cures
• remedies
• mends

2

as in insults

to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in

that callous comment really wounded me

Synonyms & Similar Words

• insults
• offends
• outrages
• hurts
• affronts
• taunts
• troubles
• slaps
• slights
• pains
• upsets
• disrespects
• displeases
• distresses
• disturbs
• mocks
• torments
• tortures
• snubs
• disses
• cuts
• smears
• ridicules
• slurs
• libels
• jeers
• slanders
• reviles
• sneers (at)
• oppresses
• disparages
• maligns
• defames
• miffs
• persecutes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• approves
• praises
• hails
• applauds
• acclaims
• eulogizes
• commends
• compliments
• honors
• flatters
• delights
• pleases
• exalts
• satisfies
• glorifies
• adulates
• gratifies
• sweet-talks

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of wounds

Noun

Police said the 62-year-old man received numerous stab wounds to the head and hands, as well as a stab wound to the lower abdomen. — Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026

Verb

Penal Code 597 states that any person who who maliciously and intentionally maims, mutilates, tortures, or wounds a living animal is guilty of a crime. — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2026

The kitchen wounds him, heals him, and becomes his crucible of faith. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 29 July 2026

The Atlanta Games are later marred by the Centennial Olympic Park bombing that kills Alice Hawthorne, wounds 111 others. — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2026

Chops, gouges, wounds it like the shadow grooves on the sidewalks—the sun is setting earlier. — Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026

Imperfect fleshly reality occupies the stage, the region where bones crack and wounds suppurate, schlumpy humans fall for each other, and jealousy roams murderously free. — Justin Davidson, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2026

What once killed campaigns now barely wounds them. — Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025

No policy wounds Tibetan dignity more profoundly than attempts to co-opt its spiritual and institutional heart. — Tenzin Dorjee, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2025

Wonder is what wounds us, enters us. — Jonny Thomson, Big Think, 6 Aug. 2025