Definition of 'injure'
Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense injures
, present participle injuring
, past tense, past participle injured
verb
If you injure a person or animal, you damage some part of their body.
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injure in British English
verb (transitive)
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Derived forms
injurable (ˈinjurable) adjective
injured (ˈinjured)
adjective
injurer (ˈinjurer)
noun
Word origin
C16: back formation from injuryWord Frequency
injure in American English
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈinjured or ˈinjuring
SYNONYMY NOTE: injure implies the marring of the appearance, health, soundness, etc. of a person or thing
[injured pride]; harm more strongly suggests the pain or distress caused [he wouldn't harm a fly]; damage stresses the loss, as in value, usefulness, etc., resulting from an injury [damaged goods]; hurt implies a wounding physically or emotionally or a causing of any kind of harm or
damage [the rumors hurt his business]; to impair something is to cause it to deteriorate in quality or to lessen in value, strength,
etc. [impaired hearing]; spoil implies such serious impairment of a thing as to destroy its value, usefulness, etc.
[the canned food was spoiled]1.
to do physical harm or damage to; hurt
3.
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Derived forms
injurer (ˈinjurer)
noun
Word origin
altered < earlier injury, to harm < LME injurien < MFr injurier < L injuriari < injuria: see injuryWord Frequency
injure in American English
(ˈɪndʒər)
transitive verbWord forms: -jured, -juring
SYNONYMS 1. 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. maltreat, abuse.ANTONYMS 1. benefit.2.
to do wrong or injustice to
3.
to wound or offend
to injure a friend's feelings
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Derived forms
injurable adjective
injurer
noun
Word origin
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injure
British English: injure
/ˈɪndʒə/ VERB
If you injure a person or animal, you damage some part of their body.
He would not injure any living thing.
- American English: injure /ˈɪndʒər/
- Arabic: يَجْرَحُ
- Brazilian Portuguese: ferir
- Chinese: 损害
- Croatian: ozlijediti
- Czech: zranit
- Danish: såre
- Dutch: verwonden
- European Spanish: lesionar
- Finnish: vahingoittaa fyysisesti
- French: blesser
- German: verletzen
- Greek: τραυματίζω
- Italian: ferire
- Japanese: 傷つける
- Korean: 상처를 입히다
- Norwegian: såre
- Polish: zranić
- European Portuguese: ferir
- Romanian: a răni
- Russian: ранить
- Latin American Spanish: lesionar
- Swedish: skada
- Thai: ทำร้าย, ทำให้บาดเจ็บ
- Turkish: yaralamak
- Ukrainian: ранити
- Vietnamese: làm tổn thương
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