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 [ˈɪndʒə]

vb (tr)

1. to cause physical or mental harm or suffering to; hurt or wound

2. to offend, esp by an injustice

[back formation from injury]

injurable  adj

injured  adj

injurer  n

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, incapacitate A bomb exploded, seriously injuring five people.

2. damage, harm, ruin, wreck, weaken, spoil, impair Too much stress can injure your health.

3. undermine, damage, mar, blight, tarnish, blacken, besmirch, vitiate an attempt to injure another trader's business

Translations

injure [ˈɪndʒəʳ] VT

1. (physically) → herir (esp Sport) → lesionar
he was injured in the accident → resultó herido en el accidente
two players were injured → dos jugadores resultaron lesionados
he was badly/slightly injured → resultó gravemente/levemente herido
he injured his arm → resultó herido en el brazo (Sport) → se lesionó el brazo
to injure o.s. (in an accident) → resultar herido; (deliberately) → causarse heridas, autolesionarse; (in a match, race etc) → lesionarse

2. (fig) [+ feelings, pride] → herir; [+ reputation] → dañar; [+ trade, chances] → perjudicar

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injure [ˈɪndʒə^r] vt

(physically) [+ person, animal] → blesser
No one was injured in the accident → Personne n'a été blessé dans l'accident.
He was badly injured in the attack → Il a été grièvement blessé au cours de l'attaque.
to injure one's hand → se blesser à la main
to injure o.s. → se blesser

(= harm) [+ person] → faire tort à; [+ reputation] → faire tort à
to injure sb's feelings → blesser qn
to injure sb's pride → blesser qn dans son orgueil

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injure

vt

(lit) → verletzen; to injure one’s leg → sich (dat) → das Bein verletzen, sich (acc) → am Bein verletzen; the horse was injured → das Pferd verletzte sich; how many were injured?, how many injured were there? → wie viele Verletzte gab es?; the injured → die Verletzten pl

(fig) (= offend) sb, sb’s feelings → verletzen, kränken; (= damage) reputation → schaden (+dat); his injured reputation → sein geschädigter Ruf; the injured party (Jur) → der/die Geschädigte; injured innocence → gekränkte Unschuld

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injure [ˈɪndʒəʳ] vt

a. (physically) → ferire
he injured his arm → si è fatto male a or si è ferito a un braccio
to injure o.s. → farsi male, ferirsi

b. (fig) (reputation, trade) → nuocere a; (feelings) → offendere; (wrong, person) → fare (un) torto a

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injure [ˈɪndʒəʳ] vt

a. (physically) → ferire
he injured his arm → si è fatto male a or si è ferito a un braccio
to injure o.s. → farsi male, ferirsi

b. (fig) (reputation, trade) → nuocere a; (feelings) → offendere; (wrong, person) → fare (un) torto a

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injure

v injure [ˈindʒə]

to harm or damage He injured his arm when he fell; They were badly injured when the car crashed; A story like that could injure his reputation; His pride has been injured. skaad يَجْرَح увреждам (po)ranit; poškodit kvæste; beskadige; såre verletzen τραυματίζω, πληγώνω herir, lastimar, hacer daño haavama آسیب رساندن loukata blesser, nuire (à) לִפצוֹעַ घायल करना nauditi, ozlijediti megsért; árt vkinek, vminek melukai særa, slasa ferire, danneggiare 傷つける 부상을 입히다 sužeisti, sužaloti, pažeisti ievainot; savainot; aizvainot; aizskart melukai verwonden, kwetsen skade, såre zranić ferir a răni; a prejudicia ушибить; ранить;повредить poraniť; poškodiť raniti povrediti skada, såra ทำร้าย yaralamak 傷害，損害 пошкодити; зіпсувати جسمانی تکلیف پہنچانا gây thương tích 损害

adj injured

1 (also noun) (people who have been) wounded or harmed The injured (people) were all taken to hospital after the accident. beseerdes جَريح، جَرْحى пострадал raněný kvæstet; såret verletzt τραυματισμένος herido, lesionado haavatud مصدوم loukkaantunut blessé פְּצוּעִים घायल ranjenik sérült cedera slasaður ferito 負傷した (人々) (신체가) 다친 sužeistas(is) ievainots; savainots cedera gewond skadd, såret ranny ferido rănit пострадавший; раненый ranený ranjen povređeni skadad ผู้ได้รับบาดเจ็บ yaralı, yaralanmış 受傷(害)的 травмований, поранений زخمی bị thương 受伤的

2 (of feelings, pride etc) hurt Why didn't you tell me before?' he said in an injured voice. verongelykte مَجْروح обиден uražený sårende; såret verletzt πληγωμένος (για αισθήματα) herido haavatud آزرده loukkaantunut offensé פָּצוּע दोषित oštećenik sértett sakit hati særður offeso 感情を傷つけられた 감정이 상한 įžeistas aizvainots; aizskarts terluka gekwetst sår(et) urażony magoado jignit обиженный urazený prizadet povređen sårad, förorättad ซึ่งได้รับบาดเจ็บ incinmiş 受損害的 ображений چوٹ کھایا ہوا chạnh lòng 受损害的

adj injurious [inˈdʒuəriəs]

(withto) harmful Smoking is injurious to one's health. skadelik مُؤْذٍ، جارِح вреден škodlivý skadelig schädlich επιβλαβής perjudicial, dañino, nocivo kahjulik مضر vahingollinen nuisible (à) מֵזִיק हानिकारक štetan káros membahayakan skaðlegur nocivo 有害な 해로운 žalingas kaitīgs berbahaya schadelijk skadelig, farlig szkodliwy prejudicial dău­nător вредный (для) škodlivý škodljiv štetan skadlig ซึ่งเป็นอันตราย zararlı, zarar verici 有害的 шкідливий نقصان دہ có hại 有害的

n injury

(an instance of) harm or damage Badly designed chairs can cause injury to the spine; The motorcyclist received severe injuries in the crash. besering أضْرار нараняване poškození; zranění skade die Verletzung τραύμα, βλάβη, ζημιά lesión vigastus آسیب vamma lésion, blessure פְּגִיעָה घाव, क्षति ozljeda sérülés; kár(osodás) cedera meiðsli, áverki danno, ferita 損傷 상해, 피해 sužeidimas, sužalojimas ievainojums; trauma kecederaan verwonding skade, ødeleggelse uraz ferimento rană, leziune вред; травма úraz, poranenie, ublíženie; škoda poškodba povreda skada อันตราย yara, zarar 傷害，損害 пошкодження; поранення چوٹ chấn thương 伤害

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injure → يَِجرَح zranit såre verletzen τραυματίζω lesionar vahingoittaa blesser ozlijediti ferire 傷つける 상처를 입히다 verwonden såre zranić ferir ранить skada ทำให้ได้รับบาดเจ็บ yaralamak làm tổn thương 损害