injurious

in·ju·ri·ous

adj \in-ˈju̇r-ē-əs\

Definition of INJURIOUS

1

: inflicting or tending to inflict injury : detrimental <injurious to health>

2

: abusive, defamatory <speak not injurious words — George Washington>

— in·ju·ri·ous·ly adverb

— in·ju·ri·ous·ness noun

Examples of INJURIOUS

1. The decision has had an injurious effect.
2. <inaccurate news reports are injurious to the public's faith in the media>

First Known Use of INJURIOUS

15th century

Related to INJURIOUS

Synonyms: adverse, bad, baleful, baneful, damaging, dangerous, deleterious, detrimental, evil, hurtful, ill, harmful, mischievous, nocuous, noxious, pernicious, prejudicial, wicked

Antonyms: anodyne, benign, harmless, hurtless, innocent, innocuous, inoffensive, safe

Related Words: hostile, inimical, unfriendly; contagious, deadly, infectious, infective, pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, poisonous, venomous; insidious, menacing, ominous, sinister, threatening; hazardous, imperiling (or imperilling), jeopardizing, parlous, perilous, risky, unsafe, unsound; nasty, noisome, unhealthful, unhealthy, unwholesome; destructive, fatal, killer, lethal, malignant, ruinous

Near Antonyms: advantageous, beneficial, useful; favorable, good, propitious; curative, healthful, healthy, helpful, palliative, remedial, salubrious, salutary, wholesome; secure, sound; benignant; noncorrosive, nondestructive, nonfatal, noninfectious, nonlethal, nonpoisonous, nonpolluting, nontoxic, nonvenomous

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Rhymes with INJURIOUS

incurious, luxurious, penurious, perjurious, usurious