injurious

injurious

English

WOTD – 15 March 2016

Etymology

From Middle English injurious, from Anglo-Norman enjurius, from Latin iniūriōsus; analysable as injury +‎ -ous.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈdʒʊəɹɪəs/, /ɪnˈdʒɔːɹɪəs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈdʒʊɹi.əs/, /ɪnˈdʒɝi.əs/

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• Hyphenation: in‧ju‧ri‧ous

Adjective

injurious (comparative more injurious, superlative most injurious)

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

Synonyms

• scathel, harmful, hurtful; see also Thesaurus:harmful
• defamatory, invidious, libelous, slanderous; see also Thesaurus:defamatory

Derived terms

• injuriously
• injuriousness
• noninjurious
• subinjurious
• uninjurious

 

Translations

causing injury

Azerbaijani: ziyankar Esperanto: vunda Finnish: vahingollinen (fi) German: schädlich (de) Italian: nocivo (it), dannoso (it) Javanese: mbebayani Latin: noxius Maori: whakawhara

Romanian: păgubitor (ro) m, prejudicios, dăunător (ro), vătămător (ro) Russian: вре́дный (ru) (vrédnyj), вредоно́сный (ru) (vredonósnyj), поврежда́ющий (ru) (povreždájuščij), Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: шко̀дљив, шко̏дан, ште̏тан Roman: škòdljiv (sh), škȍdan (sh), štȅtan (sh) Tagalog: mapaminsala, nakasasama Telugu: హానికరము (hānikaramu) Ukrainian: небезпечний (nebezpečnyj), шкідливий (škidlyvyj)

causing harm to one's reputation

Dutch: iemands reputatie beschadigen Finnish: vahingollinen (fi) German: beleidigend (de) Italian: ingiurioso (it) Javanese: mbebayani

Russian: оскорби́тельный (ru) (oskorbítelʹnyj), клеветни́ческий (ru) (klevetníčeskij) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: шко̀дљив, шко̏дан, ште̏тан Roman: škòdljiv (sh), škȍdan (sh), štȅtan (sh)

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• injuryos

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman enjurius, from Latin iniūriōsus; equivalent to injurie +‎ -ous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˌdʒiu̯ˈriuːs/, /inˈdʒiu̯rius/

Adjective

injurious (rare, Late Middle English)

1. (of speech) Rude, offensive, distasteful.
2. Morally wrong or evil; potentially dangerous.

Descendants

• English: injurious

References

• “injūriǒus (adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-24.