maimed

Other forms of maimed

plural

maimeds·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about maimed

What does maimed mean?

maimed means "people who are wounded". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in maimed?

maimed has 1 syllable: maimed. In IPA it is /ˈmeɪmd/.

What is another word for maimed?

Close synonyms include wounded, mutilated. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is maimed a common word?

maimed is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.