wounding
Meaning of wounding
- causing physical injury.
crossbows and deadly wounding darts
- inflict a wound on.
the sergeant was seriously wounded
Old English wund (noun), wundian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wond and German Wunde, of unknown ultimate origin.
Information about wounding
- The plural form of wounding is: woundings.
- Languages in which wounding is used:
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Hyphenation of wounding
wound-ing
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- wounding is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
wounding synonyms
Meaning stabbing:
Meaning wound:
Meaning do physical harm or damage to (someone):
Meaning cause pain or injury to:
Meaning inflict physical harm on (something) so as to impair its value, usefulness, or normal function:
Meaning physically injure:
Meaning wound or injure (a person or animal) so that part of the body is permanently damaged:
Meaning inflict a violent and disfiguring injury on:
Meaning (of a disease, injury, or accident) limit (someone) in their movements, senses, or activities:
Meaning prevent from functioning in a normal way:
Meaning mark with a scar or scars:
Meaning tear or make deep cuts in (flesh or skin):
Meaning make an opening, incision, or wound in (something) with a sharp-edged tool or object:
Meaning (of cattle, sheep, etc.) eat grass in a field:
Meaning make a long, narrow superficial wound in the skin of:
Meaning make a long, deep cut in:
Meaning make a hole or split in (something) by pulling it or piercing it with a sharp implement:
Meaning cut with rough or heavy blows:
Meaning tear or pull (something) quickly or forcibly away from something or someone:
Meaning make a puncture in (something):
Meaning (of a sharp pointed object) go into or through (something):
Meaning thrust a knife or other pointed weapon into (someone) so as to wound or kill:
Meaning cut with a wide, sweeping movement, typically using a knife or sword:
Meaning destroy or obliterate:
Meaning block or fill in (a hole or cavity):
Meaning blow up or break apart (something solid) with explosives:
wounding antonyms
Meaning cause (a wound, injury, or person) to become sound or healthy again:
Words that rhyme with wounding
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