I. adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from past participle of wounden to wound
: injured, hurt by, or suffering from a wound
nursing his wounded arm
does not wish to leave a wounded name behind him — E.C.Wagenknecht
seeking to salve her wounded feelings
the underbrush had to be cut away and wounded fields reopened — Russell Lord
had gone up with the 8th Army … working on wounded tanks — Irwin Shaw
• wound·ed·ly adverb
II. noun
( plural wounded )
: one that is wounded — usually used collectively
treatment of the wounded