- to cause physical or mental harm or suffering to; hurt or wound
- to offend, esp by an injustice
ˈinjurable adj ˈinjured adj ˈinjurer n
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
in•jure /ˈɪndʒɚ/USA pronunciation
v. [~ + object], -jured, -jur•ing.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024- to do or cause harm of any kind to:injured his hand.
- to wound or offend:to injure a friend's feelings.
in•jure
(in′jər),USA pronunciation v.t., -jured, -jur•ing.
in′jur•a•ble, adj.
in′jur•er, n.
- to do or cause harm of any kind to;
damage;
hurt;
impair:to injure one's hand. - to do wrong or injustice to.
- to wound or offend:to injure a friend's feelings.
- 1575–85; back formation from injury (noun, nominal); replacing injury (verb, verbal)
in′jur•er, n.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged spoil, ruin, break, mar. Injure, impair mean to harm or damage something. Injure is a general term referring to any kind or degree of damage:to injure one's spine; to injure one's reputation.To impair is to make imperfect in any way, often with a suggestion of progressive deterioration and of permanency in the result:One's health is impaired by overwork.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged maltreat, abuse.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged benefit.
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injure /ˈɪndʒə/ vb (transitive)
ˈinjurable adj ˈinjured adj ˈinjurer n
ˈinjurable adj ˈinjured adj ˈinjurer n
'injure' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
abuse
- aggrieve
- attack
- batter
- bite
- blemish
- bring
- bruise
- burn
- calk
- calumny
- cheap shot
- chew
- concuss
- contuse
- cripple
- crock
- crush
- cut
- damage
- damn
- damnify
- deface
- deleterious
- destroy
- discredit
- do
- eat
- feeling
- fill in
- fireball
- flatten
- frost
- frostbite
- grudge
- hack
- harm
- hip
- hurt
- impair
- insult
- knife
- knock
- knockout
- lance
- maim
- malevolence
- malice aforethought
- maltreat
- mangle