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woundlike

woundlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a wound.

Adjective

woundlike (comparative more woundlike, superlative most woundlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a wound.
    • Kitsch may be the only word for a sculpture consisting of several tall, vertical chrome pylons punctuated with drippy, woundlike gashes that glow with changing LED colors.2009 September 25, Roberta Smith, “In Chelsea, a Chapter in Abstract Art and Some Long Verse”, in New York Times

Forms of woundlike

comparativemore woundlike
superlativemost woundlike

Origin of woundlike

From wound + -like.

Questions about woundlike

What does woundlike mean?
Woundlike means resembling or characteristic of a wound.
What part of speech is woundlike?
Woundlike is an adjective.

Words near woundlike in the dictionary

  1. wounding
  2. woundingly
  3. woundings
  4. woundless
  5. woundlessness
  6. woundlike
  7. wounds
  8. woundsome
  9. woundussy
  10. woundwood
  11. woundwort

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