| 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” |
| adjective | causing physical or especially psychological injury “a stabbing remark” |
| wound | verb | cause injuries or bodily harm to |
| injury | noun | any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc. |
| wound | noun | a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat |
| wounding | noun | the act of inflicting a wound |
| offensive | adjective | substitute a harsher or distasteful term for a mild one |
| offence | noun | a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others |
| offense | noun | a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others |
| spite | noun | malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty |