Dictionary

injure en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈɪn.dʒə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈɪn.d͡ʒɚ/ (General-American)
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Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (transitive) To wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.
   • I injured my ankle playing tennis.
   • The rugby team's star player got injured in a violent collision.
2. (transitive) To damage or impair.
3. (transitive) To do injustice to.

Forms

Antonyms

help · benefit · preserve · praise

Deriveds

reinjure · injurable · injurer · self-injure

Relateds

injury · injurious

Synonyms

stain · devastate · put someone in hospital · misdo · mutilate · besmirch · taint · obliterate · mayhem · disfigure · disgrace · contort · soil · defile · harrow · blight · vulnerate · deface · annoy · wound · maul · shend · tarnish · dere · forwork · harm · scathe · injure · harm · disfigure · wreck · damage · befoul · undermine · destruct · bewound · abuse · mangle · scratch · do violence to · vandalize · impair · do damage to · blemish · mar · hurt · maim · demolish · defame · dilapidate · uglify · scathe · wound · wet · scath · deform · contaminate · do ill · spoil · destroy · grieve · pollute · worsen · trash · damnify · distort · sully · mar · harm · scaith · do for · injure · traumatize · damage · ruin

Translations (108)

got 𐌰𐌲𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (to wound or cause physical harm) · ja 痛める (to wound or cause physical harm) · izh verestää (to wound or cause physical harm) · ru обижа́ть (to do injustice to) · grc τιτρώσκω (to wound or cause physical harm) · pl ranić (to wound or cause physical harm) · de verletzen (to wound or cause physical harm) · gl ferir (to wound or cause physical harm) · az yaralamaq (to wound or cause physical harm) · fi haavoittaa (to wound or cause physical harm) · nl blesseren (to wound or cause physical harm) · hu megsebesít (to wound or cause physical harm) · sk zraňovať (to wound or cause physical harm) · az xəsarət gətirmək (to wound or cause physical harm) · la noceo (to wound or cause physical harm) · gl mancar (to wound or cause physical harm) · nl kwetsen (to wound or cause physical harm) · da såre (to wound or cause physical harm) · cy niweidio (to wound or cause physical harm) · cy anafu (to wound or cause physical harm) · pt ferir (to wound or cause physical harm) · gcr blésé (to wound or cause physical harm) · fro blechier (to wound or cause physical harm) · az zərər vurmaq (to cause damage or impair) · ang wierdan (to wound or cause physical harm) · grc βλάπτω (to wound or cause physical harm) · sv skada (to cause damage or impair) · bg оби́ждам (to do injustice to) · ga gortaigh (to wound or cause physical harm) · ca danyar (to wound or cause physical harm) · mk рани (to wound or cause physical harm) · kmr birîndar kirin (to wound or cause physical harm) · scn firiri (to wound or cause physical harm) · bcl uragan (to cause damage or impair) · uk пора́нити (to wound or cause physical harm) · ota یارهلامق (to wound or cause physical harm) · eo vundi (to wound or cause physical harm) · no skade (to do injustice to) · bg раня́вам (to wound or cause physical harm) · bg разва́лям (to cause damage or impair) · cs zraňovat (to wound or cause physical harm) · is slasa (to wound or cause physical harm) · sk zraniť (to wound or cause physical harm) · fi olla epäoikeudenmukainen (to do injustice to) · fi loukata (to do injustice to) · ru ра́нить (to wound or cause physical harm) · sw -jeruhi (to wound or cause physical harm) · ar جَرَحَ (to wound or cause physical harm) · grc τραυματίζω (to wound or cause physical harm) · sc fèrrere (to wound or cause physical harm) · uk зра́нити (to wound or cause physical harm) · fr blesser (to wound or cause physical harm) · fi vahingoittaa (to cause damage or impair) · ru оби́деть (to do injustice to) · is særa (to wound or cause physical harm) · be ра́ніць (to wound or cause physical harm) · cs poranit (to wound or cause physical harm) · sa द्रुह्यति (to wound or cause physical harm) · de verletzen (to cause damage or impair) · sv skada (to wound or cause physical harm) · sk poraniť (to wound or cause physical harm) · bcl uragan (to wound or cause physical harm) · ru пора́нить (to wound or cause physical harm) · ga leon (to wound or cause physical harm) · es injuriar (to do injustice to) · ht blese (to wound or cause physical harm) · mfe blese (to wound or cause physical harm) · pt machucar (to wound or cause physical harm) · om hubuu (to cause damage or impair) · cmn 損傷 /损伤 (to wound or cause physical harm) · bg раня́ (to wound or cause physical harm) · cs zranit (to wound or cause physical harm) · sh rȁniti (to wound or cause physical harm) · hu megsebez (to wound or cause physical harm) · fr blesser (to cause damage or impair) · ko 해치다 (to wound or cause physical harm) · sa हिनस्ति (to wound or cause physical harm) · sh ра̏нити (to wound or cause physical harm) · it danneggiare (to wound or cause physical harm) · bg повре́ждам (to cause damage or impair) · mi whakakino (to cause damage or impair) · cs ranit (to wound or cause physical harm) · ru повреди́ть (to cause damage or impair) · cy brifo (to wound or cause physical harm) · chr ᎠᏐᏅᏍᎦ (to wound or cause physical harm) · ga díobháil (to wound or cause physical harm) · es injuriar (to cause damage or impair) · bg оскърбя́вам (to do injustice to) · ca ferir (to wound or cause physical harm) · cmn 傷害 /伤害 (to wound or cause physical harm) · uk ра́нити (to wound or cause physical harm) · es lisiar (to wound or cause physical harm) · no skade (to wound or cause physical harm) · fi vahingoittaa (to wound or cause physical harm) · pl zranić (to wound or cause physical harm) · mi tunuhuruhuru (to do injustice to) · mi tunuhuruhuru (to cause damage or impair) · el τραυματίζω (to wound or cause physical harm) · sl raniti (to wound or cause physical harm) · be пара́ніць (to wound or cause physical harm) · fur ferî (to wound or cause physical harm) · es lastimar (to wound or cause physical harm) · ga déan díobháil (to wound or cause physical harm) · ja 傷付ける (to wound or cause physical harm) · no såre (to wound or cause physical harm) · it ferire (to wound or cause physical harm) · sk raniť (to wound or cause physical harm) · mk ранува (to wound or cause physical harm)