injure

Meaning

1. (transitive) To wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.
2. (transitive) To damage or impair.
3. (transitive) To do injustice to.

Opposite of

benefit, help, praise, preserve

Synonyms

hurt

wound

harm

kill

🔪🩸👤

damage

destroy

spoil

offend

strike

maim

molest

cut

cripple

pain

punish

mar

mutilate

cause pain

beat up

attack

👊

trouble

tease

torment

ruin

harass

annoy

wrong

impair

violate

break

vitiate

abuse

gash

scathe

murder

oppress

disable

bruise

insult

cause damage

traumatize

vex

stick on

hinder

ail

stab

tear

persecute

overpower

mortify

Translations

blesser

verletzen

herir

ferire

ferir

schaden

beschädigen

kwetsen

verwunden

verwonden

πληγώνω

endommager

ferir

τραυματίζω

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɪn.d͡ʒɚ/

Etymology

A back-formation from injury, from Anglo-Norman injurie, from Latin iniūria (“injustice; wrong; offense”), from in- (“not”) + iūs, iūris (“right, law”).