Entry Word: injury

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 something that causes loss or pain <the harsh words were the worst injury>

Synonyms damage, detriment, harm, hurt

Related Words disservice, injustice, outrage, wrong; affront, dart, indignity, insult, offense (or offence); crippling, mayhem, mutilation; defacement, disablement, disability, disfigurement; abrasion, bruise, bump, contusion, scald, scar, scathe, scrape, scratch, sear

Near Antonyms healing, recovery; cure, fix, remedy

2 unfair or inadequate treatment of someone or something or an instance of this <the state did him an injury when it destroyed his herd of cattle without adequate proof it was diseased> — see disservice