zounds (zoundz)interj. Used to express anger, surprise, or indignation.[Shortening and alteration of God’s wounds!]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.zounds (za?ndz) or swoundsinterjarchaic a mild oath indicating surprise, indignation, etc[C16: euphemistic shortening of God’s wounds]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014zounds (za?ndz) interj. Archaic. (used as a mild oath.) [1590?1600; variant of ‘swounds, for God’s wounds] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.