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Wound

🔄 Synonyms of "Wound"

9 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

WordDefinition
spitenounIll will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the desire to unjustifiably irritate, annoy, or thwart; a want to disturb or put out another; mild malice
hurtverb(transitive, intransitive) To cause (a person or animal) physical pain and/or injury.
lesionnoun(pathology) A wound or injury.
coiledIn the form of coils; having coils.
injurynounDamage to the body of a living thing.
offendverb(transitive) To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult.
injureverb(transitive) To wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.
woundingnounThe act of inflicting a wound.
combat injurynouna casualty to military personnel resulting from combat

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WordDefinition
lesionnoun(pathology) A wound or injury.
coiledIn the form of coils; having coils.
injurynounDamage to the body of a living thing.
injureverb(transitive) To wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.
hurtverb(transitive, intransitive) To cause (a person or animal) physical pain and/or injury.
offendverb(transitive) To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult.
spitenounIll will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the desire to unjustifiably irritate, annoy, or thwart; a want to disturb or put out another; mild malice
combat injurynouna casualty to military personnel resulting from combat
bruisenounA purplish mark on the skin due to leakage of blood from capillaries under the surface that have been damaged by a blow.
scarnounA permanent mark on the skin, sometimes caused by the healing of a wound.
scarredHaving a scar or scars.
scarringnounA scar; a mark.
incisionnounA cut, especially one made by a scalpel or similar medical tool in the context of surgical operation; the scar resulting from such a cut.
healingnounThe process where the cells in the body regenerate and repair themselves.
diseasenoun(medicine) An abnormal condition of a human, animal or plant that causes discomfort or dysfunction; distinct from injury insofar as the latter is usually instantaneously acquired.
ulcernoun(pathology) An open sore of the skin, eyes or mucous membrane, often caused by an initial abrasion and generally maintained by an inflammation and/or an infection.
cutverb(chiefly transitive) To incise, to cut into the surface of something.
gashnounA deep cut.
armnoun(anatomy) The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand.
headnoun(countable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.

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