Synonyms of injured

injured 1 of 2

adjective

as in damaged

Related Words

• damaged
• spoiled
• imperfect
• impaired
• flawed
• broken
• half
• incomplete
• marred
• fragmentary
• partial
• halfway
• deficient
• unfinished
• uncompleted
• sketchy
• fragmental
• unassembled

Dissimilar Words

• entire
• whole
• intact
• perfect
• complete
• full
• integral
• unimpaired
• undamaged
• unbroken
• uninjured
• flawless
• finished
• unmarred
• completed

injured

2 of 2

verb

past tense of injure

1

as in wounded

to cause bodily damage to

injured himself while skiing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• damaged
• wounded
• hurt
• bruised
• harmed
• scarred
• tortured
• battered
• lacerated
• maimed
• bloodied
• mutilated
• blew out
• gored
• crippled
• tore
• afflicted
• grazed
• scalded
• contused
• mangled
• tormented
• strained
• nicked
• gashed
• aggrieved
• creased
• impaired
• abused
• hamstrung
• maltreated
• lamed
• scathed
• cut
• marred
• laid up
• scraped
• spoiled
• blemished

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• healed
• cured
• fixed
• remedied
• mended

2

as in marred

to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of

the agent's treachery has injured our national security for years to come

Synonyms & Similar Words

• damaged
• marred
• hurt
• crippled
• weakened
• compromised
• impaired
• harmed
• eroded
• disfigured
• spoiled
• broke
• wounded
• destroyed
• bloodied
• flawed
• crossed (up)
• defaced
• ruined
• undermined
• blemished
• vitiated
• shattered
• battered
• crabbed
• deteriorated
• endamaged
• enfeebled
• wore (away)
• wrecked
• demolished
• tortured
• enervated
• disabled
• maimed
• washed out
• devastated
• tarnished
• blighted
• dented
• lacerated
• mutilated
• smashed
• crushed
• scoured
• mangled
• tormented
• botched
• decimated
• lamed
• pulverized
• wasted
• hamstrung
• annihilated
• totaled
• wiped out
• dinged
• desolated
• razed
• gummed (up)
• bashed
• clobbered
• dashed
• scourged
• dinted
• tore down
• did in
• queered
• banged up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• repaired
• rebuilt
• reconstructed
• fixed
• healed
• renovated
• patched
• helped
• mended
• rehabilitated
• reconditioned
• cured
• doctored
• revamped
• remedied
• rectified
• revised
• improved
• edited
• remodeled
• enhanced
• enriched
• refined
• perfected
• ameliorated
• bettered
• meliorated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of injured

Adjective

The injured person was taken to a hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening. — Senior Editor, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026

The driver pulled into a nearby parking lot and, with the help of a passerby, moved the injured bicyclist and bicycle out of the roadway, Harper said. — Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2026

McVay said there’s a good chance tight end Terrance Ferguson will return to practice this week after being on injured reserve with an ankle injury. — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026

Coach Campbell, who is not related to the star linebacker, had been jubilantly shouting out his players before shifting the postgame address to their injured teammate. — David K. Li, NBC news, 2 Nov. 2026

Dues, 54, gathered herself then pushed hard, propelling the wheelchair that carried her injured niece to the polls. — Marissa J. Lang, NPR, 30 Oct. 2026

Emiliano Garcia-Page, leader of the Castilla-la Mancha region, said at a press conference Thursday that of the 110 injured survivors initially admitted to hospitals, 60 have been discharged. — ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026

An ankle injury in his first game landed the New England Patriots wide receiver on injured reserve. — Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2026

Of course, Isaac isn’t the only injured member of the Magic just over a week into the regular season. — Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026

Verb

When shooting a gun into a moving car, there’s a chance someone will be injured or worse. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 28 Oct. 2026

Several Americans are believed to have been injured in a high-speed train collision that killed at least 68 people in Spain on Wednesday when one train collided with another that had stopped on the tracks. — Anders Hagstrom, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2026

More than 50 others were injured, local emergency services said, in an incident that marked Spain’s second major train collision this year. — Victoria Bisset, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2026

Two other recent first-round picks, Nikola Topić and Thomas Sorber, were injured and out of the lineup on Monday but could factor into this equation. — John Hollinger, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2026

One person was killed and 41 were injured, according to the Spanish government. — ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026

Five people were injured and two people died, including 20-year-old DaShawn McCoy and Bailey. — Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026

In 1988, Huerta was severely injured when police struck her during a protest in San Francisco, leaving her hospitalized. — Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2026

On Tuesday morning, three people were killed and four injured when two vehicles caught fire in a Russian attack on the Kyiv-Odesa highway, Ukraine's State Emergency Service said. — Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026