Definition of "wounded" in English

verb

1. simple past and past participle of wound

adjective

1. Suffering from a wound, especially one acquired in battle from a weapon, such as a gun or a knife.

   • A wounded soldier.
   • The wounded lay on stretchers waiting for surgery.
   • Every single hospital was taking in wounded from the front.

2. (figuratively) Suffering from an emotional injury.

   • My wounded pride never recovered from her rejection.

3. (physics) Of a particle: having undergone an inelastic collision.

   • a wounded nucleon