In this particular case, can we use hurt/ injure/ wound exchangeably?

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In this particular case, can we use hurt/ injure/ wound exchangeably?What you said did hurt/ injure/ wound her a lot. She felt sad.

Canadian45 · Accepted Answer

wangqh2696122 In this particular case, can we use hurt/ injure/ wound interchangeably? No, you can only use "hurt".

What you said did hurt her a lot. She felt sad.
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Wangqh2696122 · Answer

But, according to Collins Cobuild Advanced Learner's English Dictionary,

4 [VERB] be V-ed
If you are wounded by what someone says or does, your feelings are deeply hurt.
He was deeply wounded by the treachery of close aides...
= hurt

Also, according to Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English,

wound verb

¹injure sb's body

ADV. badly, critically, gravely, grievously, seriously, severely | fatally, mortally She was fatally wounded in a car crash. | slightly

PREP. in One reporter was wounded in the leg.

PHRASES the walking wounded (= people who have been wounded, but not so badly that they cannot walk)

²hurt sb's feelings

ADV. deeply She was deeply wounded by his remarks.

Anonymous · Answer

Both wound and injure generally refer to a physical pain. In your case, you should use hurt.

She was hurt (emotionally), and therefore felt sad.

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Wangqh2696122 · Answer

But, obviously, the two dictionaries mentioned above say wound can mean hurt. Next is a list of more dictionaries supporting my view:

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English:

hurt (sb's feelings, reputation, etc) ?, ??(?????? ???): He was/felt deeply wounded by their disloyalty. ??????, ?????

Macmillan English Dictionary:

2 to hurt someone's feelings by doing or saying something unpleasant:
It was a remark that had deeply wounded him.
A string of rejections had really wounded his pride.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (2nd edition published 2005):

wound /wu?nd/
verb [T]
to make someone feel upset:
He was deeply wounded by her fierce criticism

Mister Micawber · Answer

In the emotional sense, you can use any of these, but 'hurt' is by far the most common chice:

What you said did hurt/ injured/wounded her.

'A lot' does not sit easily with any of those verbs, though.

In this particular case, can we use hurt/ injure/ wound exchangeably?

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