Synonyms of injure
66 similar words · 4 opposite words
Another word for injure is hurt. Other synonyms of injure are damage, harm, wound, abuse and maul. The opposite of injure is praise.
Synonyms and similar words for injure
verbTo wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.
- harmTo damage, hurt, or injure something, usually an inanimate object.
- woundTo hurt or injure (someone) by cutting, piercing, or tearing the skin.
- traumatizeTo injure, e.g. tissues, by force or by thermal, chemical or other agents.
- abuseTo injure; to maltreat; to hurt; to treat with cruelty, especially repeatedly.
- bewoundTo wound all over; cover or afflict with wounds.
- damageTo impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction.
- do damage to
- do for UKTo doom; to bring about the demise of someone; to injure or harm someone.
- do illTo harm, to injure.
- do violence toTo gravely harm.
- harrowTo break or tear, as if with a harrow; to wound; to lacerate.
- hurtTo cause (a person or animal) physical pain and/or injury.
- maulTo savage; to cause serious physical wounds.
- put someone in hospital UKTo injure (someone) to the point that they need serious medical attention.
- scaith ScotlandTo injure; to wound.
- scatheTo harm or injure (someone or something) physically.
- wet slangTo kill or seriously injure.
- annoy archaicTo molest; to harm; to injure.
- damnify obsoleteTo damage physically; to injure.
- dere UK, archaicTo hurt; harm; injure; wound.
- forwork archaicTo do wrong to; injure; scathe.
- grieve archaicTo harm.
- mayhem archaicTo violently inflict injury on (someone); to injure, to wound.
- misdo archaicTo do harm to; to injure, mistreat.
- vulnerate archaicTo wound, cause to become vulnerable.
verbTo damage or impair.
- disfigureTo irreversibly damage the shape or structure of something, negatively affecting its appearance or functionality...
- marTo spoil; to ruin; to scathe; to damage.
- befoul
- besmirch
- blemish
- blight
- contaminate
- contort
- deface
- defame
- defile
- deform
- demolish
- destroy
- destruct
- devastate
- dilapidate
- disgraceTo put someone or something out of favor; to bring shame or ignominy upon.
- distort
- impair
- maimTo wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.
- mangle
- mutilate
- obliterate
- pollute
- ruin
- scratchTo dig or scrape (a person's skin) with claws or fingernails in self-defense or with the intention to injure.
- shend
- soil
- spoil
- stain
- sully
- taint
- tarnish
- trash
- uglify
- undermine
- vandalizeAmerican, Canadian, and Oxford British English standard spelling of vandalise.
- worsen
- wreck
- scath archaic
Opposite of injure
Meaning of injure
- verb To wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.
- verb To damage or impair.
- verb To do injustice to.
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