The argument that smoking is injurious has become accepted.
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Injurious
//ɪnˈdʒʊə.ɹɪ.əs//
Synonyms for "injurious" (113 found)
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Strong matches (34)
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Adjective(9 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (56)
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Synonyms
3 entriesderived
8 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
10 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
48 translations across 20 languages.
Azerbaijani
1 entries- ziyankar adj (causing injury)
Bulgarian
2 entries- вреден adj (causing injury)
- клеветнически adj (causing harm to one's reputation)
Catalan
2 entries- injuriós adj (causing harm to one's reputation)
- nociu adj (causing injury)
Dutch
1 entries- iemands reputatie beschadigen adj (causing harm to one's reputation)
Esperanto
1 entries- vunda adj (causing injury)
Finnish
2 entries- vahingollinen adj (causing injury)
- vahingollinen adj (causing harm to one's reputation)
German
2 entries- beleidigend adj (causing harm to one's reputation)
- schädlich adj (causing injury)
Italian
3 entries- dannoso adj (causing injury)
- ingiurioso adj (causing harm to one's reputation)
- nocivo adj (causing injury)
Javanese
2 entries- mbebayani adj (causing injury)
- mbebayani adj (causing harm to one's reputation)
Latin
1 entries- noxius adj (causing injury)
Middle English
2 entries- anoyous adj (causing injury)
- noyous adj (causing injury)
Māori
1 entries- whakawhara adj (causing injury)
Polish
1 entries- szkodliwy adj (causing injury)
Romanian
4 entries- dăunător adj (causing injury)
- prejudicios adj (causing injury)
- păgubitor adj (causing injury)
- vătămător adj (causing injury)
Russian
4 entries- вре́дный adj (causing injury)
- вредоно́сный adj (causing injury)
- клеветни́ческий adj (causing harm to one's reputation)
- оскорби́тельный adj (causing harm to one's reputation)
Sanskrit
1 entries- हिंस्र adj (causing injury)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- škòdljiv adj (causing injury)
- škòdljiv adj (causing harm to one's reputation)
- škȍdan adj (causing injury)
- škȍdan adj (causing harm to one's reputation)
Tagalog
2 entries- mapaminsala adj (causing injury)
- nakasasama adj (causing injury)
Telugu
1 entries- హానికరము adj (causing injury)
Ukrainian
2 entries- небезпечний adj (causing injury)
- шкідливий adj (causing injury)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
If the dull substance of my flesh were thought injurious distance should not stop my way, for then despite of space I would be brought, from limits far remote, where thou dost stay.
Source: tatoeba (2354669)
It is an important maxim, that we ought to be very circumspect in the prosecution of magic and heresy. The accusation of these two crimes may be vastly injurious to liberty.
Source: tatoeba (6022035)
She conceived that some secret prejudice, or the suspicions incident to age and misfortune, had led Alice to form conclusions injurious to the character, and irreconcilable both with the generous conduct and noble features, of the Master of Ravenswood.
Source: tatoeba (7752230)
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