Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.
verbTo damage or impair.
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Origin
- Latininiūria“injustice; wrong; offense”
- Anglo-Normaninjurie
- Middle Englishinjurie
- Englishinjure
A back-formation from injury, from Middle English injurie, from Anglo-Norman injurie, from Latin iniūria (“injustice; wrong; offense”), from in- (“not”) + iūs, iūris (“right, law”).
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Ancient Greek τιτρώσκω, τραυματίζω
- τιτρώσκω (titrṓskō)to wound or cause physical harm
- τραυματίζω (traumatízō)to wound or cause physical harm
- βλάπτω (bláptō)to wound or cause physical harm
Arabic جَرَحَ
- جَرَحَ (jaraḥa)to wound or cause physical harm
Bulgarian раня́вам, раня́
- раня́вам (ranjávam)to wound or cause physical harm
- раня́ (ranjá)to wound or cause physical harm
- разва́лям (razváljam)to cause damage or impair
- повре́ждам (povréždam)to cause damage or impair
- оби́ждам (obíždam)to do injustice to
- оскърбя́вам (oskărbjávam)to do injustice to
Catalan ferir, danyar
- ferirto wound or cause physical harm
- danyarto wound or cause physical harm
Chinese Mandarin 傷害 /伤害, 損傷 /损伤
- 傷害 /伤害 (shānghài)to wound or cause physical harm
- 損傷 /损伤 (sǔnshāng)to wound or cause physical harm
Czech zraňovat, ranit
- zraňovatto wound or cause physical harm
- ranitto wound or cause physical harm
- zranitto wound or cause physical harm
- poranitto wound or cause physical harm
Danish såre
- såreto wound or cause physical harm
Dutch kwetsen, blesseren
- kwetsento wound or cause physical harm
- blesserento wound or cause physical harm
Esperanto vundi
- vundito wound or cause physical harm
Finnish vahingoittaa, haavoittaa
- vahingoittaato wound or cause physical harm
- haavoittaato wound or cause physical harm
- vahingoittaato cause damage or impair
- olla epäoikeudenmukainento do injustice to
- loukatato do injustice to
French blesser, blesser
- blesserto wound or cause physical harm
- blesserto cause damage or impair
German verletzen, verletzen
- verletzento wound or cause physical harm
- verletzento cause damage or impair
Greek τραυματίζω
- τραυματίζω (travmatízo)to wound or cause physical harm
Hungarian megsebesít, megsebez
- megsebesítto wound or cause physical harm
- megsebezto wound or cause physical harm
Icelandic slasa, særa
- slasato wound or cause physical harm
- særato wound or cause physical harm
Irish déan díobháil, díobháil
- déan díobháilto wound or cause physical harm
- díobháilto wound or cause physical harm
- leonto wound or cause physical harm
- gortaighto wound or cause physical harm
Italian ferire, danneggiare
- ferireto wound or cause physical harm
- danneggiareto wound or cause physical harm
Japanese 痛める, 傷付ける
- 痛める (itameru)to wound or cause physical harm
- 傷付ける (kizutsukeru)to wound or cause physical harm
Korean 해치다
- 해치다 (haechida)to wound or cause physical harm
Latin noceo
- noceoto wound or cause physical harm
Māori whakakino, tunuhuruhuru
- whakakinoto cause damage or impair
- tunuhuruhuruto cause damage or impair
- tunuhuruhuruto do injustice to
Norwegian skade, såre
- skadeto wound or cause physical harm
- såreto wound or cause physical harm
- skadeto do injustice to
Polish ranić, zranić
- ranićto wound or cause physical harm
- zranićto wound or cause physical harm
Portuguese ferir, machucar
- ferirto wound or cause physical harm
- machucarto wound or cause physical harm
Russian ра́нить, пора́нить
- ра́нить (ránitʹ)to wound or cause physical harm
- пора́нить (poránitʹ)to wound or cause physical harm
- повреди́ть (povredítʹ)to cause damage or impair
- обижа́ть (obižátʹ)to do injustice to
- оби́деть (obídetʹ)to do injustice to
Slovak zraňovať, raniť
- zraňovaťto wound or cause physical harm
- raniťto wound or cause physical harm
- zraniťto wound or cause physical harm
- poraniťto wound or cause physical harm
Spanish lastimar, lisiar
- lastimarto wound or cause physical harm
- lisiarto wound or cause physical harm
- injuriarto cause damage or impair
- injuriarto do injustice to
Swahili -jeruhi
- -jeruhito wound or cause physical harm
Swedish skada, skada
- skadato wound or cause physical harm
- skadato cause damage or impair
Ukrainian ра́нити, пора́нити
- ра́нити (rányty)to wound or cause physical harm
- пора́нити (porányty)to wound or cause physical harm
- зра́нити (zrányty)to wound or cause physical harm
Welsh anafu, niweidio
- anafuto wound or cause physical harm
- niweidioto wound or cause physical harm
- brifoto wound or cause physical harm
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with injure
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APA
injure. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/injure
MLA
“injure.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/injure. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “injure,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/injure.
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