injurious
Syllables: in·ju·ri·ousUK/ɪnˈdʒʊə.ɹɪ.əs/US/ɪnˈd͡ʒʊɹ.i.əs/
injurious adjective: causing physical harm or injury; harmful, hurtful.
Adjective
injurious (comparative more injurious, superlative most injurious)
- Causing physical harm or injury; harmful, hurtful.
- Causing harm to one's reputation; invidious, defamatory, libelous, slanderous.
- This injurious explanation dethroned the remainder of Bunson's dignity entirely.1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 111
injurious meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
injurious in Hindi
- causing injury
- हानिकारक hānikārak, अपकारी apkārī, घातक ghātak
- causing harm to one's reputation
- हानिकारक hānikārak
injurious in Tamil
- ஊறு பயப்பதான, ஊறு விளைவிக்கின்ற, ஊறு விளைவிக்கும், கெடுதலான, தீங்கான, தீங்கிழைக்கின்ற
injurious in Urdu
- injurious
- برا burā
injurious in Bengali
- ক্ষতিকর, অনিষ্টকর, হানিকর
More languagesFewer languages
- injurious in Telugu
- హానికరము hānikaramu
- injurious in Malayalam
- മുറിവുണ്ടാക്കുന്ന, അന്യായമായ, നിയമവിരുദ്ധമായ, പീഡാകരം
- injurious in Kannada
- ತೊಂದರೆಯ, ಕೆಡುಕಿನ, ಗಾಯಗೊಳಿಸಬಲ್ಲ
- injurious in Sanskrit
- हिंस्र hiṃsra
- injurious in Tagalog
- mapaminsala, nakasasama
Examples of injurious in a sentence
- Frequently the mineral composition or gas content may be injurious and money expent in pond construction wasted.
- Clinicide can also be detected by the substantiation of injurious, unnecessary, and potentially lethal medical procedures or treatment.
- A low humidity of 35%, on the whole was highly injurious to the development and viability of cocooned larvae.
Synonyms of injurious
- scathel
- harmful
- hurtful
- defamatory
- invidious
- libelous
- slanderous
Forms of injurious
| comparative | more injurious |
|---|---|
| superlative | most injurious |
Origin of injurious
From Middle English injurious, from Anglo-Norman enjurius, from Latin iniūriōsus; analysable as injury + -ous.
Words formed from injurious
Questions about injurious
- What does injurious mean?
- Injurious means causing physical harm or injury; harmful, hurtful.
- What is injurious in Hindi?
- Injurious in Hindi is हानिकारक (hānikārak), अपकारी (apkārī), घातक (ghātak). See Injurious meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is injurious?
- Injurious is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce injurious?
- Injurious is pronounced /ɪnˈdʒʊə.ɹɪ.əs/ (UK).
Words near injurious in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: injurious (page history and authors); injurious (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); برا (Urdu) (page history and authors); Injurious (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); injurious (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); injurious (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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