Meanings
plural injuries
- countableuncountableDamage to the body of a living thing.
The passenger sustained a severe injury in the car accident.
3 more examples
Minor injuries such as cuts and abrasions are cleaned and bandaged on site; serious injuries require an ambulance call.
Whether you need to recover from a stressful day, a strenuous workout or even an injury or surgery, restorative yoga may be just the thing for you.
2017 February 17, Dana Santas, “Recovering from surgery or stress? Yoga can help”, in CNNSoft tissue injuries are the bane of any physically active person. They are the most common injuries in sport, can be difficult to heal and often reoccur, according to Sports Medicine Australia.
2022 August 10, Melanie Radzicki McManus, “How to avoid soft tissue injuries, according to experts”, in CNNSynonyms: trauma
- countableuncountableOther forms of damage sustained by a living thing, e.g. psychologically.
- countableuncountableThe violation of a person's reputation, rights, property, or interests.
Slander is an injury to the character.
- countableuncountablelawInjustice.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounDamage to the body of a living thing.
More synonyms by meaning
nounany physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury
nouna casualty to military personnel resulting from combat
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latininiūria“injustice; wrong; offense”
- Anglo-Normaninjurie
- Middle Englishinjurie
- Englishinjury
From Middle English injurie, from Anglo-Norman injurie, from Latin iniūria (“injustice; wrong; offense”), from in- (“not”) + iūs, iūris (“right, law”). Doublet of injuria.
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Afrikaans wond
- wonddamage or violation
Arabic جُرْح, إِصَابَة
- جُرْح (jurḥ)damage or violation
- إِصَابَة (ʔiṣāba)damage or violation
Bengali আঘাত, সদমা
- আঘাত (aghat)damage or violation
- সদমা (śodoma)damage or violation
- জখম (jokhom)damage or violation
Bulgarian щета́, вреда́
- щета́ (štetá)damage or violation
- вреда́ (vredá)damage or violation
- ра́на (rána)damage or violation
Catalan ferida, lesió
- feridadamage or violation
- lesiódamage or violation
Chinese Mandarin 受傷 /受伤, 負傷 /负伤
- 受傷 /受伤 (shòushāng)damage or violation
- 負傷 /负伤 (fùshāng)damage or violation
Czech urážka, zranění
- urážkadamage or violation
- zraněnídamage or violation
- úrazdamage or violation
Danish sår
- sårdamage or violation
Dutch verwonding, letsel
- verwondingdamage or violation
- letseldamage or violation
- beledigingdamage or violation
- verongelijkingdamage or violation
- schadedamage or violation
- nadeeldamage or violation
- onrechtdamage or violation
Esperanto vundo
- vundodamage or violation
Estonian vigastus
- vigastusdamage or violation
Finnish vamma, loukkaantuminen
- vammadamage or violation
- loukkaantuminendamage or violation
French blessure
- blessuredamage or violation
German Verletzung, Wunde
- Verletzungdamage or violation
- Wundedamage or violation
- Verwundungdamage or violation
Greek ζημία, τραυματισμός
- ζημία (zimía)damage or violation
- τραυματισμός (travmatismós)damage or violation
Hebrew פְּצִיעָה, חַבָּלָה
- פְּצִיעָה (p'tsi'á)damage or violation
- חַבָּלָה (ẖabbalá)damage or violation
Hindi चोट, आघात
- चोट (coṭ)damage or violation
- आघात (āghāt)damage or violation
- अपकार (apkār)damage or violation
Hungarian sérülés
- sérülésdamage or violation
Icelandic sár
- sárdamage or violation
Indonesian luka, cedera
- lukadamage or violation
- cederadamage or violation
Irish gortú
- gortúdamage or violation
Italian ferita, danno
- feritadamage or violation
- dannodamage or violation
- lesionedamage or violation
Japanese 傷害, 負傷
- 傷害 (shōgai)damage or violation
- 負傷 (fushō)damage or violation
Korean 상해, 부상
- 상해 (sanghae)damage or violation
- 부상 (busang)damage or violation
Latin vulnus, plaga
- vulnusdamage or violation
- plagadamage or violation
- noxiadamage or violation
Latvian pārestība
- pārestībadamage or violation
Lithuanian žala
- žaladamage or violation
Malay kecederaan
- kecederaandamage or violation
Māori wharanga, wharatanga
- wharangadamage or violation
- wharatangadamage or violation
- uruhuadamage or violation
Norwegian Bokmål skade
- skadedamage or violation
Persian آسیب, جراحت
- آسیب (âsib)damage or violation
- جراحت (jerâhat)damage or violation
Polish szkoda, uraz
- szkodadamage or violation
- urazdamage or violation
- kontuzjadamage or violation
Portuguese ferida, lesão
- feridadamage or violation
- lesãodamage or violation
Romanian rană
- ranădamage or violation
Russian ра́на, тра́вма
- ра́на (rána)damage or violation
- тра́вма (trávma)damage or violation
- поврежде́ние (povreždénije)damage or violation
- ране́ние (ranénije)damage or violation
Scottish Gaelic ciùrradh, leònadh
- ciùrradhdamage or violation
- leònadhdamage or violation
- milleadhdamage or violation
- crondamage or violation
Slovak urážka
- urážkadamage or violation
Spanish herida, lesión
- heridadamage or violation
- lesióndamage or violation
- lastimaduradamage or violation
- lisiaduradamage or violation
- injuriathe violation of a person's reputation, rights, property, or interests
Swahili afa, jiraha
- afadamage or violation
- jirahadamage or violation
- jerahadamage or violation
Swedish skada
- skadadamage or violation
Tagalog kapinsalaan
- kapinsalaandamage or violation
Thai อันตราย
- อันตราย (an-dtà-raai)damage or violation
Turkish zarar
- zarardamage or violation
Ukrainian пошко́дження, ра́на
- пошко́дження (poškódžennja)damage or violation
- ра́на (rána)damage or violation
- тра́вма (trávma)damage or violation
Urdu چوٹ
- چوٹ (coṭ)damage or violation
Vietnamese thương tích, thương tật
- thương tíchdamage or violation
- thương tậtdamage or violation
Welsh anaf, anafiad
- anafdamage or violation
- anafiaddamage or violation
- anapdamage or violation
- camdamage or violation
- camwydamage or violation
- niweddamage or violation
- sarhaddamage or violation
Yiddish וווּנד, שאָדן
- וווּנד (vund)damage or violation
- שאָדן (shodn)damage or violation
Cite this entry
injury. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/injury
“injury.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/injury. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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