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Wounding definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WOUNDING, ppr. Hurting; injuring.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: causing physical or especially psychological injury; "a stabbing remark"; "wounding and false charges of disloyalty" [syn: stabbing, wounding] n
1: the act of inflicting a wound [syn: wound, wounding]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Wound Wound, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Wounding.] [AS. wundian. [root]140. See Wound, n.] 1. To hurt by violence; to produce a breach, or separation of parts, in, as by a cut, stab, blow, or the like. The archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers. --1 Sam. xxxi. 3. 2. To hurt the feelings of; to pain by disrespect, ingratitude, or the like; to cause injury to. When ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ. --1 Cor. viii. 12.