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wounding |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Wound \Wound\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wounded}; p. pr & vb n. {Wounding}.] [AS. wundian [root]140. See {Wound}, n.] 1. To hurt by violence; to produce a breach, or separation of parts in as by a cut, stab, blow, or the like The archers hit him and he was sore wounded of the archers. --1 Sam. xxxi. 3. 2. To hurt the feelings of to pain by disrespect, ingratitude, or the like to cause injury to When ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ. --1 Cor. viii. 12. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: wounding adj : causing physical or especially psychological injury; "a stabbing remark"; "few experiences are more traumatic than losing a child"; "wounding and false charges of disloyalty" [syn: {stabbing}, {traumatic}] n : the act of inflicting a wound [syn: {wound}]
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