wounds

NOUN

injury

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bruise cut damage grief laceration lesion pain shock trauma

STRONG

anguish distress gash harm heartbreak hurt insult pang slash torment torture

Antonyms

STRONGEST

happiness

STRONG

advantage benefit comfort contentment joy pleasure

VERB

cause bodily damage

Synonyms

STRONGEST

damage harm hit hurt injure

STRONG

bruise carve clip contuse cut ding gash irritate lacerate nick pierce scrape scratch slash slice stick total

WEAK

open up ouch rough up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

aid assist benefit cure fix heal help improve mend

WEAK

appease

VERB

cause mental hurt

Synonyms

STRONGEST

hurt traumatize

STRONG

bother distress disturb get grieve mortify offend outrage pain sting trouble upset

WEAK

cut to the quick do in dump on hurt one's feelings put down shake up

Antonyms

STRONG

aid assist be happy calm comfort compliment delight fail help lose make happy order please satisfy soothe

WEAK

appease cure heal

Example Sentences

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Licking his wounds, Druckenmiller then found it impossible not to buy instead as competitors scored huge gains.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

That isn’t the purpose of such worldly honors, healing wounds, but I suspect it’s often an effect.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

"My advice would be to keep your head out of the water and don't go in it if you have any open wounds," he added.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

By day 24, 80% of the mice treated with ABT-263 had fully healed wounds, compared with 56% of untreated mice.

From Science Daily • May 20, 2026

After a while, however, my wounds began to heal, and I found that I didn’t cry unexpectedly anymore.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall