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healed

healed

1.0
Not sick or hurt anymore and back to normal
  • adjective
  • /hiːld/
translation icon : curado
  • And that gets easier when you have healed and you resolve past traumas.

So here goes my mature healed self.

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Examples

  • And may you too be well and healed and strong.

  • Fortunately my cold sores have healed and are gone for now.

  • Even if the paw has healed up, the trauma has not healed up.

  • After weeks of treatment, she felt completely healed and ready to return to work.

  • The doctor assured him that his wounds had healed properly and he could resume normal activities.

  • With time, the injuries he sustained in the accident finally healed, leaving him free of pain.

Synonyms

cured
vshealed
2.7

No longer sick after treatment

is broader focusing on return to full wholeness rather than only disease end
recovered
vshealed
3.1

Back to normal health after being sick or injured

emphasizes full restoration to wholeness rather than merely normal functioning

Antonyms

ill
632 1.0

Not feeling well because of sickness

unwell
18 1.0

Feeling slightly sick or uncomfortable

How Healed

healed
1.0
unwell
18 1.0

Surface Forms

healed positive

Morphology

healed = heal (transparent) = heal + ed

The adjective is the past participle of the verb 'heal' and directly denotes restored health, which learners can derive from 'heal' + -ed.

Etymology

Healed comes from the old English verb heal, from a root meaning 'whole' or 'healthy', and is related to the familiar words whole and health. So to be healed is to be made 'whole' again, free from illness or injury.