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
- The decision has had an injurious effect.
- <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
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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