Definition of injurynext

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How does the noun injury contrast with its synonyms?

Some common synonyms of injury are grievance, injustice, and wrong. While all these words mean "an act that inflicts undeserved hurt," injury applies in law specifically to an injustice for which one may sue to recover compensation.

libel constitutes a legal injury

When could grievance be used to replace injury?

The synonyms grievance and injury are sometimes interchangeable, but grievance applies to a circumstance or condition that constitutes an injustice to the sufferer and gives just ground for complaint.

a list of employee grievances

When is it sensible to use injustice instead of injury?

In some situations, the words injustice and injury are roughly equivalent. However, injustice applies to any act that involves unfairness to another or violation of one's rights.

the injustices suffered by the lower classes

In what contexts can wrong take the place of injury?

While in some cases nearly identical to injury, wrong applies also in law to any act punishable according to the criminal code; it may apply more generally to any flagrant injustice.

determined to right society's wrongs

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of injury The 25-year-old rookie made his NFL debut in Sunday's 36-10 loss to Buffalo after Jackson left with a thumb injury and Huntley left with a toe issue. — CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026 Gainesville also forfeited a game this season, citing low numbers and injuries. — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Nov. 2026 The pickup driver was hospitalized with minor injuries, the CHP said. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026 McDuffie, who has intercepted two passes, suffered a back injury against the Chargers and was not scheduled to practice on Wednesday. — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026 See All Example Sentences for injury
Recent Examples of Synonyms for injury
Noun
  • Its original location on a spit of land between the Atlantic Ocean and the salt pond may have been a bit too ambitious—after suffering damage from the 1938 New England Hurricane, it was relocated across the pond, reopening in 1939.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Oct. 2026
  • Elsewhere, deadly attacks continued and Ukraine's central bank warned that damage to industrial targets could push the country into a recession.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • That ordinary people, working together, could challenge powerful institutions, overcome injustice, and build something better.
    — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Their goal was for the album to tell a story of radicalization, following a protagonist who shifts from complacency to an awareness of injustice and institutional oppression, and ultimately resolves to act against it.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Existing civil law covers the potential harm caused by space companies.
    — Max Harden, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The maintainers refused, and AISI said the incident caused no real-world harm; Anthropic called it a serious alignment failure.
    — Shae Lake, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Prosecutors said Clancy knew right from wrong and planned to strangle her children.
    — Penny Kmitt, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • On Saturday Night Live, host Inde Navarrette and Marcello Hernández played two Spanish soap opera actors tasked with working a product placement into their scene, but end up getting each take wrong—dramatically so.
    — William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • Despite his notoriously fiery TV persona, the Gordon Ramsay meal kit doesn’t include any pre-packaged insults or threats to shut your kitchen down — just easy-to-follow recipe cards.
    — Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Gillies was surprised to learn in researching the docu that the programmers came up with a rating system for calculating the relative weight of insults.
    — Will Tizard, Variety, 1 Nov. 2026

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“Injury.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/injury. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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