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injurious

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɪnˈdʒʊə.ɹɪ.əs/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɪnˈdʒɔː.ɹɪ.əs/
  • General-American: /ɪnˈd͡ʒʊɹ.i.əs/
  • General-American: /ɪnˈd͡ʒɝ.i.əs/
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  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 N JH UH1 R IY0 AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Causing physical harm or injury; harmful, hurtful.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Causing harm to one's reputation; invidious, defamatory, libelous, slanderous.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

harmful to living things

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • deleterious chemical additives

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: deleterious, hurtful

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

54 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: ziyankar — causing injury
  • Bulgarian: вреден (vreden) — causing injury
  • Catalan: nociu — causing injury
  • Esperanto: vunda — causing injury
  • Finnish: vahingollinen — causing injury
  • German: schädlich — causing injury
  • Hindi: हानिकारक (hānikārak) — causing injury
  • Hindi: अपकारी (apkārī) — causing injury
  • Hindi: घातक (ghātak) — causing injury
  • Italian: nocivo — causing injury
  • Italian: dannoso — causing injury
  • Javanese: mbebayani — causing injury
  • Latin: noxius — causing injury
  • Māori: whakawhara — causing injury
  • Middle English: anoyous — causing injury
  • Middle English: noyous — causing injury
  • Polish: szkodliwy — causing injury
  • Romanian: păgubitor — causing injury
  • Romanian: prejudicios — causing injury
  • Romanian: dăunător — causing injury
  • Romanian: vătămător — causing injury
  • Russian: вре́дный (vrédnyj) — causing injury
  • Russian: вредоно́сный (vredonósnyj) — causing injury
  • Russian: поврежда́ющий (povreždájuščij) — causing injury
  • Sanskrit: हिंस्र (hiṃsra) — causing injury
  • Serbo-Croatian: шко̀дљив — causing injury
  • Serbo-Croatian: шко̏дан — causing injury
  • Serbo-Croatian: ште̏тан — causing injury
  • Serbo-Croatian: škòdljiv — causing injury
  • Serbo-Croatian: škȍdan — causing injury
  • Serbo-Croatian: štȅtan — causing injury
  • Spanish: injurioso — causing injury
  • Tagalog: mapaminsala — causing injury
  • Tagalog: nakasasama — causing injury
  • Telugu: హానికరము (hānikaramu) — causing injury
  • Ukrainian: небезпечний (nebezpečnyj) — causing injury
  • Ukrainian: шкідливий (škidlyvyj) — causing injury
  • Bulgarian: клеветнически (klevetničeski) — causing harm to one's reputation
  • Catalan: injuriós — causing harm to one's reputation
  • Dutch: iemands reputatie beschadigen — causing harm to one's reputation
  • Finnish: vahingollinen — causing harm to one's reputation
  • German: beleidigend — causing harm to one's reputation
  • Hindi: हानिकारक (hānikārak) — causing harm to one's reputation
  • Italian: ingiurioso — causing harm to one's reputation
  • Javanese: mbebayani — causing harm to one's reputation
  • Russian: оскорби́тельный (oskorbítelʹnyj) — causing harm to one's reputation
  • Russian: клеветни́ческий (klevetníčeskij) — causing harm to one's reputation
  • Serbo-Croatian: шко̀дљив — causing harm to one's reputation
  • Serbo-Croatian: шко̏дан — causing harm to one's reputation
  • Serbo-Croatian: ште̏тан — causing harm to one's reputation
  • Serbo-Croatian: škòdljiv — causing harm to one's reputation
  • Serbo-Croatian: škȍdan — causing harm to one's reputation
  • Serbo-Croatian: štȅtan — causing harm to one's reputation
  • Spanish: injurioso — causing harm to one's reputation