injurious

English

WOTD – 15 March 2016

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman, from Old French enjurius, from Latin eniurosus; analysable as injury +‎ -ous.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈdʒʊəɹɪəs/, /ɪnˈdʒɔːɹɪəs/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈdʒʊɹi.əs/, /ɪnˈdʒɝi.əs/
Hyphenation: in‧ju‧ri‧ous

Adjective

injurious (comparative more injurious, superlative most injurious)

Causing physical harm or injury; harmful, hurtful.
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

Terms derived from injurious

Translations

causing injury

Azerbaijani: ziyankar
Esperanto: vunda
Finnish: vahingollinen (fi)
German: schädlich (de)
Italian: nocivo (it), dannoso (it)
Javanese: mbebayani
Maori: whakawhara
Romanian: păgubitor (ro) m, prejudicios, dăunător (ro), vătămător (ro)

Russian: вре́дный (ru) (vrédnyj), вредоно́сный (ru) (vredonósnyj), поврежда́ющий (ru) (povreždájuščij),
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

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)

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