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injured

Syllables: in·juredUK/ˈɪndʒəd//ˈɪnd͡ʒɚd/

injured is the simple past and past participle of injure.

Meaning of injure

Verb

injure (third-person singular simple present injures, present participle injuring, simple past and past participle injured)

  1. (transitive) To wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.
    • The rugby team's star player got injured in a violent collision.
    Synonyms:
    harm, wound, traumatize, abuse, annoy, bewound, damage, damnify, dere, do damage to
  2. (transitive) To damage or impair.
  3. (transitive) To do injustice to.

Adjective

injured (comparative more injured, superlative most injured)

  1. Suffering from an injury.
    • injured dog
    • injured player

Forms of injured

comparativemore injured
superlativemost injured

Words formed from injured

Phrases with injured

Questions about injured

What does injured mean?
Injured means suffering from an injury.
What is injured the simple past and past participle of?
Injured is the simple past and past participle of injure.
What part of speech is injured?
Injured is an adjective.
How do you pronounce injured?
Injured is pronounced /ˈɪnd͡ʒɚd/ (US).

Words near injured in the dictionary

  1. injuns
  2. injurable
  3. injurant
  4. injurants
  5. injure
  6. injured
  7. injured parties
  8. injured party
  9. injuredly
  10. injuredness
  11. injuree

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