Synonyms of the word

weal

• n. (obsolete) Wealth, riches.
• n. (now literary) Welfare, prosperity.
• n. Specifically, the general happiness of a community, country etc. (often with qualifying word).
• n. a raised, longitudinal wound, usually purple, on the surface of flesh caused by stroke of rod or whip;…
• v. To mark with stripes; to wale.

harm

• n. physical Injury; hurt; damage.
• n. emotional or figurative hurt.
• n. detriment; misfortune.
• n. That which causes injury, damage, or loss.
• v. To cause injury to another; to hurt; to cause damage to something.

hurt

• v. (intransitive) To be painful.
• v. (transitive) To cause (a creature) physical pain and/or injury.
• v. (transitive) To cause (somebody) emotional pain.
• v. (transitive) To undermine, impede, or damage.
• adj. Wounded, physically injured.
• adj. Pained.
• n. An emotional or psychological hurt (humiliation or bad experience).
• n. (archaic) A bodily injury causing pain; a wound or bruise.
• n. (archaic) injury; damage; detriment; harm.
• n. (heraldry) A roundel azure (blue circular spot).
• n. (engineering) A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions.
• n. A husk.

injury

• n. damage to the body of a human or animal.
• n. violation of a person, their character, feelings, rights, property, or interests.
• n. (archaic) injustice.
• v. (obsolete) To wrong, to injure.

trauma

• n. Any serious injury to the body, often resulting from violence or an accident.
• n. An emotional wound leading to psychological injury.
• n. An event that causes great distress.

wale

• n. A ridge or low barrier.
• n. A raised rib in knit goods or fabric, especially corduroy. (As opposed to course).
• n. The texture of a piece of fabric.
• n. (nautical) A horizontal ridge or ledge on the outside planking of a wooden ship. (See gunwale, chainwale).
• n. A horizontal timber used for supporting or retaining earth.
• n. A timber bolted to a row of piles to secure them together and in position.
• n. A ridge on the outside of a horse collar.
• n. A ridge or streak produced on skin by a cane or whip.
• v. To strike the skin in such a way as to produce a wale.
• v. To give a surface a texture of wales.
• n. Something selected as being the best, preference; choice.
• v. to choose, select.

welt

• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To roll; revolve.
• n. A raised mark on the body caused by a blow; a wheal or weal.
• n. (shoemaking) A strip of leather set into the seam between the outsole of a shoe and the upper, through…
• n. A strip of material or covered cord applied to a seam or garment edge to strengthen or cover it.
• n. In steam boilers and sheet-iron work, a strip riveted upon the edges of plates that form a butt joint.
• n. In carpentry, a strip of wood fastened over a flush seam or joint, or an angle, to strengthen it.
• n. In machine-made stockings, a strip, or flap, of which the heel is formed.
• n. (heraldry) A narrow border, as of an ordinary, but not extending around the ends.
• v. To cause to have welts, to beat.
• v. To install welt (a welt or welts) to reinforce.

wheal

• n. A small raised swelling on the skin, often itchy, caused by a blow from a whip or an insect bite etc.
• n. (Britain, dialect, Cornwall, mining) A mine.