injurious
Americanadjective
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harmful, hurtful, or detrimental, as in effect.
injurious eating habits.
- Synonyms:
- ruinous, destructive, baneful, pernicious, deleterious, damaging
- Antonyms:
- beneficial
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doing or involving injury or wrong, as to another.
injurious behavior.
- Synonyms:
- inequitable, prejudicial, wrongful, unjust
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insulting; abusive; defamatory; offensive.
an injurious statement.
- Synonyms:
- libelous, slanderous, derogatory
- Antonyms:
- complimentary
adjective
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causing damage or harm; deleterious; hurtful
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abusive, slanderous, or libellous
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Etymology
Origin of injurious
1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin injūrius or injūriōsus. See injury, -ous
Explanation
Injurious things should be avoided. They cause pain, harm, and — yes — injuries. Handle with care! If you know what an injury is, you have a head start on learning injurious. Anything injurious is dangerous. At a construction site, almost anything could be injurious, if you don't know what you're doing (or even if you do). Falling off a ladder could be very injurious. Even crossing the street can have injurious effects if you're hit by a car. If this word turns up in your diary a dozen times, you're probably in the hospital.
Vocabulary lists containing injurious
Declaration of the Rights of Woman (1791)
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"The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" (Excerpt 3)
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Example Sentences
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Brown, Babette I. Injurious influence of bark of black walnut on seedlings of tomato and alfalfa.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943 by Northern Nut Growers Association
Before accomplishing this purpose, however, I thought I would consult my "oracle," "Harris's Insects Injurious to Vegetation"—a most beautiful and valuable entomological work, by-the-way, which should be in every boy's library.
From Eye Spy Afield with Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things by Gibson, W. Hamilton (William Hamilton)
Injurious hours, whilst any joy doth bless me, With speedy wings you fly and so release me; But if some sorrow do oppress my heart, You creep as if you never meant to part.
From Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)
Never have I word Injurious spoken, or injurious deed Attempted ’gainst the women of thy house, But others, so transgressing, oft forbad.
From The Odyssey of Homer by Cowper, William
Injurious effects of the storm.Discouragement of the men.
From William the Conqueror Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob
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