Meanings
comparative more injurious · superlative most injurious
- Causing harm to one's reputation; invidious, defamatory, libelous, slanderous.
This injurious explanation dethroned the remainder of Bunson's dignity entirely.
1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 111
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveharmful to living things
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latininiūriōsus
- Anglo-Normanenjurius
- Middle Englishinjurious
- Englishinjurious
From Middle English injurious, from Anglo-Norman enjurius, from Latin iniūriōsus; analysable as injury + -ous.
More words from Middle English, Anglo-Norman, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian вреден, клеветнически
- вреден (vreden)causing injury
- клеветнически (klevetničeski)causing harm to one's reputation
Catalan nociu, injuriós
- nociucausing injury
- injurióscausing harm to one's reputation
Dutch iemands reputatie beschadigen
- iemands reputatie beschadigencausing harm to one's reputation
Esperanto vunda
- vundacausing injury
Finnish vahingollinen, vahingollinen
- vahingollinencausing injury
- vahingollinencausing harm to one's reputation
German schädlich, beleidigend
- schädlichcausing injury
- beleidigendcausing harm to one's reputation
Hindi हानिकारक, अपकारी
- हानिकारक (hānikārak)causing injury
- अपकारी (apkārī)causing injury
- घातक (ghātak)causing injury
- हानिकारक (hānikārak)causing harm to one's reputation
Italian nocivo, dannoso
- nocivocausing injury
- dannosocausing injury
- ingiuriosocausing harm to one's reputation
Latin noxius
- noxiuscausing injury
Māori whakawhara
- whakawharacausing injury
Polish szkodliwy
- szkodliwycausing injury
Romanian păgubitor, prejudicios
- păgubitorcausing injury
- prejudicioscausing injury
- dăunătorcausing injury
- vătămătorcausing injury
Russian вре́дный, вредоно́сный
- вре́дный (vrédnyj)causing injury
- вредоно́сный (vredonósnyj)causing injury
- поврежда́ющий (povreždájuščij)causing injury
- оскорби́тельный (oskorbítelʹnyj)causing harm to one's reputation
- клеветни́ческий (klevetníčeskij)causing harm to one's reputation
Spanish injurioso, injurioso
- injuriosocausing injury
- injuriosocausing harm to one's reputation
Tagalog mapaminsala, nakasasama
- mapaminsalacausing injury
- nakasasamacausing injury
Ukrainian небезпечний, шкідливий
- небезпечний (nebezpečnyj)causing injury
- шкідливий (škidlyvyj)causing injury
Cite this entry
injurious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/injurious
“injurious.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/injurious. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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