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): /ɪnˈd͡ʒʊɹi.əs/, /ɪnˈd͡ʒɝi.əs/

• Audio (General Australian):

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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
• non-injurious
• noninjurious
• self-injurious
• subinjurious
• uninjurious

 

Translations

causing injury

• Azerbaijani: ziyankar
• Bulgarian: вреден (bg) (vreden)
• Catalan: nociu (ca)
• Esperanto: vunda
• Finnish: vahingollinen (fi)
• German: schädlich (de)
• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: nocivo (it), dannoso (it)
• Javanese: mbebayani
• Latin: noxius
• Maori: whakawhara
• Middle English: anoyous, noyous
• Polish: szkodliwy (pl)
• Romanian: păgubitor (ro) m, prejudicios, dăunător (ro), vătămător (ro)
• Russian: вре́дный (ru) (vrédnyj), вредоно́сный (ru) (vredonósnyj), поврежда́ющий (ru) (povreždájuščij)
• Sanskrit: हिंस्र (sa) (hiṃsra)
• 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

• Bulgarian: клеветнически (bg) (klevetničeski)
• Catalan: injuriós
• 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)

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.