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wound
adjective
noun
verb
Put in a coil
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adjective
Put in a coil
noun
An injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
noun
A casualty to military personnel resulting from combat
noun
A figurative injury (to your feelings or pride);- Robert Frost
“He feared that mentioning it might reopen the wound”
noun
The act of inflicting a wound
verb
Cause injuries or bodily harm to
verb
Hurt the feelings of
“She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests”
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He feared that mentioning it might reopen the wound
Deep in her breast lives the silent wound
The right reader of a good poem can tell the moment it strikes him that he has taken an immortal wound — that he will never get over it
She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests
This remark really bruised my ego
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