Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun wounding

1 sense of wounding

Sense 1
wound, wounding -- (the act of inflicting a wound)
       => damage, harm, hurt, scathe -- (the act of damaging something or someone)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb wound

2 senses of wound

Sense 1
injure, wound -- (cause injuries or bodily harm to)
       => hurt -- (give trouble or pain to; "This exercise will hurt your back")

Sense 2
hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite -- (hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego")
       => arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke -- (call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy")

Antonyms of adj wounding

1 sense of wounding

Sense 1
stabbing, wounding -- (causing physical or especially psychological injury; "a stabbing remark"; "wounding and false charges of disloyalty")

INDIRECT (VIA harmful) -> harmless -- (not causing or capable of causing harm; "harmless bacteria"; "rendered the bomb harmless")

Similarity of adj wounding

1 sense of wounding

Sense 1
stabbing, wounding -- (causing physical or especially psychological injury; "a stabbing remark"; "wounding and false charges of disloyalty")
       => harmful (vs. harmless) -- (causing or capable of causing harm; "too much sun is harmful to the skin"; "harmful effects of smoking")