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Synonyms of injurious

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Another word for injurious is harmful. Other synonyms of injurious are hurtful, defamatory and slanderous.

Synonyms and similar words for injurious

adjectiveMore synonyms

  • scathel
  • harmfulCausing or likely to cause harm or damage; injurious.
  • hurtfulTending to impair or damage; injurious; occasioning loss or injury.
  • defamatoryDamaging to someone's reputation, especially if untrue.
  • invidious
  • libelous
  • slanderousBoth untrue and harmful to a reputation.

Meaning of injurious

  1. adjective Causing physical harm or injury; harmful, hurtful.
  2. adjective Causing harm to one's reputation; invidious, defamatory, libelous, slanderous.

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Questions about synonyms of injurious

What is another word for injurious?
Injurious has 7 synonyms on Word.ws, such as harmful, hurtful, defamatory and slanderous.
What does injurious mean?
Injurious means causing physical harm or injury; harmful, hurtful.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: injurious (page history and authors) and the entries of the words listed. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws grouped the synonyms and antonyms by meaning and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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