INJURE

injure, wound

(verb) cause injuries or bodily harm to

hurt, injure

(verb) cause damage or affect negatively; “Our business was hurt by the new competition”

hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite

(verb) hurt the feelings of; “She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests”; “This remark really bruised my ego”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

injure (third-person singular simple present injures, present participle injuring, simple past and past participle injured)

(transitive) To wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.

(transitive) To damage or impair.

(transitive) To do injustice to.

Synonyms

• harm

• damage

• hurt

• disfigure

• wound

• mar

• impair

Antonyms

• praise

• help

• preserve

• benefit

Source: Wiktionary

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In"jure, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Injured; p. pr. & vb. n. Injuring.] Etym: [L. injuriari, fr. injuria injury, perh. through F. injurier to insult, in OF. also, to injure; or perhaps fr. E. injury, or F. injure injury. See Injury.]

Definition: To do harm to; to impair the excellence and value of; to hurt; to damage; -- used in a variety of senses; as: (a) To hurt or wound, as the person; to impair soundness, as of health. (b) To damage or lessen the value of, as goods or estate. (c) To slander, tarnish, or impair, as reputation or character. (d) To impair or diminish, as happiness or virtue. (e) To give pain to, as the sensibilities or the feelings; to grieve; to annoy. (f) To impair, as the intellect or mind. When have I injured thee when done thee wrong Shak.

Syn.

– To damage; mar; spoil; harm; sully; wrong; maltreat; abuse; insult; affront; dishonor.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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