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WOUNDING

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of inflicting a wound

Synonyms:

wound; wounding

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("wounding" is a kind of...):

damage; harm; hurt; scathe (the act of damaging something or someone)

Derivation:

wound (cause injuries or bodily harm to)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Causing physical or especially psychological injury

Example:

wounding and false charges of disloyalty

Synonyms:

stabbing; wounding

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

harmful (causing or capable of causing harm)

 III. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb wound

Credits

 Context examples: 

Mrs. Dashwood, too happy to be comfortable, knew not how to love Edward, nor praise Elinor enough, how to be enough thankful for his release without wounding his delicacy, nor how at once to give them leisure for unrestrained conversation together, and yet enjoy, as she wished, the sight and society of both.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)