Definition of wounds

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • wounds is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 10
  • wounds is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 10
  • wounds is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 12

Definition of wounds


  • a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. combat injury
    2. injury
  • an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin) (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. lesion
  • hurt the feelings of (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. bruise
    2. hurt
    3. injure
    4. offend
    5. spite
  • the act of inflicting a wound (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. wounding
  • cause injuries or bodily harm to (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. injure
  • a figurative injury (to your feelings or pride) (noun)

    Examples

    1. he feared that mentioning it might reopen the wound
    2. deep in her breast lives the silent wound
    3. The right reader of a good poem can tell the moment it strikes him that he has taken an immortal wound--that he will never get over it
  • put in a coil (adjective)

See definition of wounds in Merriam Webster