 2 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
wounding
adjective: causing physical or especially psychological injury; "a
stabbing remark"; "few experiences are more traumatic
than losing a child"; "wounding and false charges of
disloyalty" [syn: {stabbing}, {traumatic}]
noun: the act of inflicting a wound [syn: {wound}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Wound \Wound\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Wounded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Wounding}.] [AS. wundian. [root]140. See {Wound}, noun]
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.
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