Meaning & use
Wounding
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Causing physical injury, or, more often, causing deep emotional hurt.
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His wounding remarks about her work left her in tears.
The soldier suffered a wounding blow to the shoulder during the skirmish.
A note on using this word
While it can describe a physical injury, "wounding" is most often used today to describe emotionally hurtful words or actions.
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Another way to use it
2. noun
The act of inflicting a physical injury.
The wounding of the officer led to a citywide manhunt for the suspect.
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