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
Other Word Forms
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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Injurious as this challenge was, Manfred reflected that it was not his interest to provoke the marquis.
From Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale by Beckford, William
Injurious influence of Louis XIV. on, 118, 119.Natural and revealed, does not admit of progress, iii.
From Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron
Insects Injurious to Filberts.—My personal observations lead me to believe that the filberts and hazels are, in this country, remarkably free from the depredations of noxious insects.
From The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States by Fuller, Andrew S.
Insects Injurious to Vegetation": "The 'frog-hoppers' pass their whole lives on plants, on the stems of which their eggs are laid in the autumn.
From Eye Spy Afield with Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things by Gibson, W. Hamilton (William Hamilton)
Lintner extend from 1882 to 1898, in yearly parts, under the title of Reports on the Injurious Insects of the State of New York.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various
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