how to pronounce wounded

/ˈwundɪd/

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wounded is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of wounded in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… he was never wounded not so much as a …”

meanings of wounded

adjective:

Suffering from a wound, especially one acquired in battle from a weapon, such as a gun or a knife.
Suffering from an emotional injury.
Of a particle: having undergone an inelastic collision.

verb:

Simple past tense and past participle of wound.

wounded frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word wounded occurs in english on average 10.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.