adj ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective

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

   "This injurious explanation dethroned the remainder of Bunson's dignity entirely."

Adjective

1. 1
   harmful to living things wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

defamatorydeleteriousabandonedabusiveadversearrant

Antonyms

All antonyms

innocuous

Example

More examples

"The argument that smoking is injurious has become accepted."

Etymology

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

Related phrases

non-injuriousself-injurious

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