Basic Details
Word: Wounded
Part of Speech: Adjective, verb
Meaning: Injured, especially by a weapon such as a knife or a gun. It is also used for feelings that have been hurt, as in wounded pride.
Synonyms: injured, hurt
Antonyms: unhurt, unharmed
How to Spell Wounded
Syllables: wound - ed
Tricky part: The oo sound is spelt ou here, so woonded is wrong. Keep the d of wound before adding ed, which gives two d's in all.
Watch out for: woonded, wounted, wonded
Memory tip: A wound makes you say ouch, and both words carry the same ou.
Usage Examples
Example 1: The forest guards carried the wounded deer to the animal hospital.
Example 2: Kabir's wounded knee took two weeks to heal after the fall.
Example 3: She felt wounded when her best friend forgot her birthday.
Fun Fact
The letters w-o-u-n-d spell two different words. Wound, an injury, rhymes with spooned, while wound, the past tense of wind as in winding a clock, rhymes with sound.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word wounded as used in the sentence:
The rescue team gave first aid to the wounded climbers before the helicopter arrived.
a) exhausted
b) injured
c) healed
d) rescued
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b) injured. Climbers who need first aid have been hurt, so injured is the match.
Spell-o-Spell
Only one of these words is spelt correctly. Choose its meaning:
1. ambulence 2. bandaje 3. wounded 4. sergant
a) a vehicle that takes sick people to hospital
b) a strip of cloth for covering a cut
c) injured, especially by a weapon
d) a rank in the army or police
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c) injured, especially by a weapon. Sergeant hides an e after the g, ambulance ends in ance and bandage in age.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the letters in the sentence to form a meaningful word:
The vet bandaged the dewnduo puppy found near the railway track.
a) wounded
b) wondered
c) sounded
d) rounded
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a) wounded. A puppy that a vet has to bandage must be hurt, and the seven letters spell wounded.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. If your pride is wounded, you feel ____.
a) hurt and upset
b) calm and relaxed
c) bored and sleepy
d) proud and happy
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a) hurt and upset
2. Forest officers warn that a wounded wild animal is often ____.
a) friendlier than usual
b) more dangerous than usual
c) easier to tame
d) quieter than a bird
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b) more dangerous than usual
