injure

injure

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɪn.d͡ʒɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɪn.dʒə/

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• Rhymes: -ɪndʒə(ɹ)

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.

   I injured my ankle playing tennis.

2. (transitive) To damage or impair.
3. (transitive) To do injustice to.

Synonyms

• harm
• damage
• hurt
• disfigure
• wound
• mar
• impair

Antonyms

• praise
• help
• preserve
• benefit

Related terms

• injurious
• injury

Translations

to wound or cause physical harm

Arabic: جَرَحَ‎ (ar) (jaraḥa) Azerbaijani: yaralamaq (az), xəsarət gətirmək Belarusian: ра́ніць impf or pf (ránicʹ), пара́ніць pf (paránicʹ) Bikol Central: uragan Bulgarian: раня́вам (bg) impf (ranjávam), раня́ pf (ranjá) Catalan: ferir (ca) Cherokee: ᎠᏐᏅᏍᎦ (asonvsga) Chinese: Mandarin: 傷害／伤害 (zh) (shānghài), 損傷／损伤 (zh) (sǔnshāng) Czech: zraňovat impf, ranit pf, zranit (cs) pf, poranit pf Danish: såre Dutch: kwetsen (nl), blesseren (nl) Esperanto: vundi Finnish: vahingoittaa (fi), haavoittaa (fi) French: blesser (fr) Old French: blechier Friulian: ferî Galician: ferir (gl), mancar (gl) German: verletzen (de) Gothic: 𐌰𐌲𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (agljan) Greek: Ancient: τιτρώσκω (titrṓskō), τραυματίζω (traumatízō), βλάπτω (bláptō) Haitian Creole: blese Hungarian: megsebesít (hu), megsebez (hu) Icelandic: slasa (is), særa Irish: déan díobháil, díobháil, leon (ga), gortaigh Italian: ferire (it) Japanese: 痛める (ja) (いためる, itameru), 傷付ける (きずつける, kizutsukeru) Korean: 해치다 (ko) (haechida) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: birîndar kirin (ku) Latin: noceo (la) Macedonian: ранува impf (ranuva), рани pf (rani) Norwegian: skade (no), såre Old English: wierdan Polish: ranić (pl) impf, zranić (pl) pf Portuguese: ferir (pt), machucar (pt) Russian: ра́нить (ru) impf or pf (ránitʹ), пора́нить (ru) pf (poránitʹ) Sanskrit: द्रुह्यति (sa) (druhyati), हिनस्ति (sa) (hinasti) Sardinian: fèrrere Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ра̏нити pf Roman: rȁniti (sh) pf Sicilian: firiri (scn) Slovak: zraňovať impf, raniť pf, zraniť pf, poraniť pf Slovene: raniti pf Spanish: herir (es) Swahili: -jeruhi (sw) Swedish: skada (sv) Ukrainian: ра́нити impf or pf (rányty), пора́нити pf (porányty), зра́нити pf (zrányty) Welsh: anafu (cy), niweidio (cy), brifo (cy)

to cause damage or impair

Azerbaijani: zərər vurmaq Bikol Central: uragan Bulgarian: разва́лям (bg) impf (razváljam), повре́ждам (bg) impf (povréždam) Finnish: vahingoittaa (fi) French: blesser (fr) German: verletzen (de) Maori: whakakino, tunuhuruhuru Oromo: hubuu Russian: повреди́ть (ru) pf (povredítʹ) Swedish: skada (sv)

to do injustice to

Bulgarian: оби́ждам (bg) impf (obíždam), оскърбя́вам (bg) impf (oskǎrbjávam) Finnish: olla epäoikeudenmukainen, loukata (fi) Maori: tunuhuruhuru Norwegian: skade (no) Russian: обижа́ть (ru) impf (obižátʹ), оби́деть (ru) pf (obídetʹ)

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Scottish Gaelic: (please verify) leòn, (please verify) ciùrr, (please verify) sàraich, (please verify) mill Spanish: (please verify) lastimar (es) Welsh: (please verify) niweidio (cy), (please verify) anafu (cy)

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French

Etymology

From Old French injurie, borrowed from Latin injuria, iniūria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.ʒyʁ/

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Noun

injure f (plural injures)

1. offense, insult

Related terms

• injurier
• injurieux
  • injurieusement

Further reading

• “injure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Latin

Adjective

injūre

1. vocative masculine singular of injūrus