WOUNDS Synonyms: 107 Similar and Opposite Words

wounds 1 of 2

noun

plural of wound

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wounds

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of wound

as in damages

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

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as in insults

to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in that callous comment really wounded me

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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

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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for wounds

Noun

Firefighters brought the blaze under control and the injured were taken to a hospital where some were being treated for burn injuries while others suffered from smoke inhalation and asphyxiation, the report said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
The driver, since identified as Santa Paula man Derek Skinner, 34, sustained minor injuries, the release said.

— Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of injuries

Verb

Nuisance, negligence and harm to residents The largest set of claims in the lawsuit has to do with arguing that the data center damages residents’ health, futures and quality of life in the areas closest to the 400-acre hyperscale AI factory.

— Ilana Arougheti Updated August 14, Kansas City Star, 14 Aug. 2026
Celiac disease is an autoimmune condition in which consuming gluten — a protein found in wheat, barley and rye — triggers an immune response that damages the small intestine.

— Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of damages

Verb

That's what happens when your star insults moviegoers or goes off on tangents about the characters's sexuality.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026
Ohm quickly insults nearly every employee at this small hotel within moments of meeting them, except for the young, pretty bartender, Fiona (Florence Ordesh).

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Apr. 2026

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The heist goes wrong when one sister injures her back and ends up trapped on the second floor, setting off an increasingly frantic bid to get out before the homeowner comes home.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026
Early on in the clip, Jake Johnson’s former tennis star Dusty Boyd trips over the net and injures his wrist in a bad way.

— Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 23 June 2026

Definition of injures

Verb

Diluting the term for expats not only hurts them, but also does a disservice to both the concepts of culture fatigue and culture whiplash.

— Liz Guthridge, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
The Balkanization of global trade and finance hurts countries such as the United States that rely heavily on massive foreign inflows.

— Kenneth S. Rogoff, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of hurts

Verb

What outrages Marylanders is that this diabolical plan excludes the Preakness, devaluing it and implying the Triple Crown is irrelevant, if not dead.

— Stephen J. K. Walters, Baltimore Sun, 12 Aug. 2026
This baffles and outrages Angela, a protective mom who, with other parents, pushes back against Gabor using her math classroom as a forum for introducing the outside world’s worst actions.

— Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 7 Apr. 2026

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