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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: 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
1: the act of inflicting a wound [syn: {wound}]
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