"woundsome" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more woundsome [comparative], most woundsome [superlative]
Etymology: From wound + -some. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|wound|some}} wound + -some Head templates: {{en-adj}} woundsome (comparative more woundsome, superlative most woundsome)
  1. Causing, resembling, or indicating a wound or injury; hurtful; painful. Synonyms: scatheful, scathely
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