injurious

Meaning

  1. Causing physical harm or injury; harmful, hurtful.
  2. Causing harm to one's reputation; invidious, defamatory, libelous, slanderous.

Synonyms

harmful
C2
hurtful
C2
detrimental
32k
noxious
38k
damaging
C2
mischievous
C2
deleterious
destructive
C2
offensive
C1
bad
A1
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prejudicial
34k
maleficent
47k
malign
42k
wrongful
21k
insulting
C1
wicked
B2
hurtable
sinful
C2
pernicious
39k
malicious
C2
noisome
offending
21k
opprobrious
painful
B2
pestiferous
powerful
B1
ruinous
sore
B2
terrible
A2
troublesome
C2
unhealthy
C2
unjust
C2
violent
B2
wounding
35k
wrong
A1
calumniatory

poisonous insect

mischievious
lossful
abusive
C2
noyous
aching
C2
baleful
calumnious
cataclysmic
34k
contumelious

damageable

defamatory
deranging
derogatory
36k
Translations

dannoso
nocivo
nocivo
schädlich
perjudicial
nuisible
zararlı
préjudiciable
dañoso
pernicieux
injurioso
nadelig
مضر
délétère
deleterio
Frequency

36k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɪnˈdʒʊəɹɪəs/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
injurious
In summary

From Middle English injurious, from Anglo-Norman enjurius, from Latin iniūriōsus; analysable as injury + -ous.

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