bɹuːz hɜːt hɝt ˈɪndʒɚ ˈɪndʒə ˈɪn.dʒə.ɹi ˈɪn.dʒə.ɹi ˈliːʒən əˈfɛnd wuːnd wund waʊnd wuːnd cause injuries or bodily harm to the act of inflicting a wound hurt the feelings of She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests This remark really bruised my ego put in a coil a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat a figurative injury (to your feelings or pride) 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 an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)