injure

in·jure  (njr)

tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures

1. To cause physical harm to; hurt.

2. To cause damage to; impair.

3. To cause distress to; wound: injured their feelings.

4. To commit an injustice or offense against; wrong.

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[Middle English injuren, to wrong, dishonor, from Old French injurier, from Latin inirir, from iniria, a wrong; see injury.]

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injur·er n.

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injure

Verb

[-juring, -jured]

1. to hurt physically or mentally

2. to do wrong to (a person), esp. by an injustice: the injured party

3. to damage: an opportunity to injure your reputation

injured adj

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	injure - cause injuries or bodily harm to wound hurt - give trouble or pain to; "This exercise will hurt your back" trample - injure by trampling or as if by trampling; "The passerby was trampled by an elephant" concuss - injure the brain; sustain a concussion calk - injure with a calk excruciate, torture, torment - subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible" overstretch, pull - strain abnormally; "I pulled a muscle in my leg when I jumped up"; "The athlete pulled a tendon in the competition" traumatise, traumatize, shock - inflict a trauma upon maim - injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation; "people were maimed by the explosion" sprain, wrick, rick, wrench, twist, turn - twist suddenly so as to sprain; "wrench one's ankle"; "The wrestler twisted his shoulder"; "the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell"; "I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days" subluxate - sprain or dislocate slightly; "subluxate the hip" handicap, incapacitate, invalid, disable - injure permanently; "He was disabled in a car accident" harm - cause or do harm to; "These pills won't harm your system" run over, run down - injure or kill by running over, as with a vehicle fracture, break - fracture a bone of; "I broke my foot while playing hockey" shoot, pip, hit - hit with a missile from a weapon knife, stab - use a knife on; "The victim was knifed to death" skin, scrape - bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of; "The boy skinned his knee when he fell" bruise, contuse - injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of; "I bruised my knee" graze - break the skin (of a body part) by scraping; "She was grazed by the stray bullet"
	2.	injure - hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego" spite, wound, bruise, offend, hurt affront, diss, insult - treat, mention, or speak to rudely; "He insulted her with his rude remarks"; "the student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone" arouse, elicit, evoke, provoke, enkindle, kindle, fire, raise - call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" lacerate - deeply hurt the feelings of; distress; "his lacerating remarks" sting - cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging; "His remark stung her" abase, chagrin, humiliate, humble, mortify - cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"
	3.	injure - cause damage or affect negatively; "Our business was hurt by the new competition" hurt damage - inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree"

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injure

verb 1. hurt, wound, harm, break, damage, smash, crush, mar, disable, shatter, bruise, impair, mutilate, maim, mangle, mangulate Austral. (slang) incapacitate

verb 2. damage, harm, ruin, wreck, weaken, spoil, impair, crool or cruel Austral. (slang)

verb 3. undermine, damage, mar, blight, tarnish, blacken, besmirch, vitiate

Translations

injure [ˈɪndʒəʳ] vt → herir (= hurt); lastimar;

(fig) [+ reputation etc]; perjudicar [+ feelings]; herir;

to injure o.s. → hacerse daño, lastimarse

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injure [ˈɪndʒəʳ] vt → blesser (= wrong); faire du tort à (= damage) [+ reputation etc] → compromettre [+ feelings]; heurter;

to injure o.s. → se blesser

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injure [ˈɪndʒəʳ] vt → verletzen;

(reputation) → schaden +dat;

to injure o.s. → sich verletzen

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injure [ˈɪndʒəʳ] vt → ferire (= wrong); fare male or torto a (= damage) [+ reputation etc] → nuocere a [+ feelings]; offendere;

to injure o.s. → farsi male