- to cause physical or mental harm or suffering to; hurt or wound
- to offend, esp by an injustice
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in•jure /ˈɪndʒɚ/USA pronunciation
v. [~ + object], -jured, -jur•ing.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- to do or cause harm of any kind to:injured his hand.
- to wound or offend:to injure a friend's feelings.
in•jure
(in′jər),USA pronunciation v.t., -jured, -jur•ing.
in′jur•a•ble, adj.
in′jur•er, n.
- to do or cause harm of any kind to;
damage;
hurt;
impair:to injure one's hand. - to do wrong or injustice to.
- to wound or offend:to injure a friend's feelings.
- 1575–85; back formation from injury (noun, nominal); replacing injury (verb, verbal)
in′jur•er, n.
- 1. spoil, ruin, break, mar. Injure, impair mean to harm or damage something. Injure is a general term referring to any kind or degree of damage:to injure one's spine; to injure one's reputation.To impair is to make imperfect in any way, often with a suggestion of progressive deterioration and of permanency in the result:One's health is impaired by overwork. 2. maltreat, abuse.
- 1. benefit.
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injure /ˈɪndʒə/ vb (transitive)
'injure' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
aggrieve
- attack
- batter
- bite
- bruise
- burn
- concuss
- contuse
- crush
- damn
- damnify
- feeling
- fill in
- flatten
- harm
- knife
- knockout
- lance
- malice aforethought
- nuisance
- poison
- prejudice
- pulverize
- ruin
- sabre
- scathe
- scrape
- sprain
- spur
- stab
- strain
- stretch
- throttle
- touch
- traumatize
- violent
- vitiate
- vitriolize
- abuse
- blemish
- bring
- calk
- calumny
- cheap shot
- chew
- cripple
- crock
- cut
- damage
- deface