wounding : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: wounding	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for wounding
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wounding adj causing physical or especially psychological injury; "a stabbing remark"; "wounding and false charges of disloyalty" Synonym(s): stabbing, wounding n the act of inflicting a wound Synonym(s): wound, wounding
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wound \Wound\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wounded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wounding}.] [AS. wundian. [fb]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.