"wounding" in the noun sense
1. wound, wounding
the act of inflicting a wound
"wounding" in the verb sense
1. injure, wound
cause injuries or bodily harm to
2. hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite
hurt the feelings of
"She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"
"This remark really bruised my ego"
"wounding" in the adjective sense
1. stabbing, wounding
causing physical or especially psychological injury
"a stabbing remark"
"wounding and false charges of disloyalty"
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