INJURED Synonyms: 146 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in damaged

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verb

past tense of injure

as in wounded

to cause bodily damage to injured himself while skiing

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as in marred

to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of the agent's treachery has injured our national security for years to come

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Recent Examples of injured

Adjective

In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Dawson plays Claire Temple, a nurse who treats injured superheroes. — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 11 Aug. 2026 Chicago Bears safety Coby Bryant is expected to miss 4 to 6 months after undergoing surgery on his injured knee, head coach Ben Johnson announced Tuesday. — Todd Feurer, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026 Budd gets back into the race and Decker goes down with an injured thigh. — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026 Photos obtained by the New York Post show some injured people being carried away on stretchers and several others returning to the dock after the incident. — Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 9 Aug. 2026 While filling an injured roster spot, Bateman's call-up signals a deeper evaluation of the team's outfield future and places veteran Myles Straw's role under scrutiny. — Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026 The diggers than turned to keeping themselves and two injured skiers alive amid the fierce blizzard. — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 8 Aug. 2026 Some people have even accused the raptor center of only keeping Jackie to attract more donations, an upsetting allegation for the facility that takes in as many as 1,500 sick, injured or orphaned birds every year. — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026 If Hollywood is quick to take a bite out of an injured party, the town’s Mandarins and chattering classes are equally swift to offer advice, solicited or not. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2026

Verb

Authorities are searching for the driver of a van who struck a man in a wheelchair in Dania Beach and fled the scene, leaving the victim injured and his wheelchair damaged. — Abby Dodge, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026 Ten people were injured, including seven crew members, two Coast Guard personnel and one NRF member, according to the Coast Guard. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 12 Aug. 2026 In Novorossiysk, an 8-year-old child was killed in the attack, and a person who was injured in the Temryuk region later died in the hospital, Kondratyev said. — ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026 Six other children were at the home daycare, but were not injured and were safely evacuated, Johnston said. — Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 12 Aug. 2026 Senior local official Dagnachew Azbite told the BBC that seven people had been found injured, with five of the victims sustaining serious injuries. — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026 In 2023, Dixson was one of two men arrested in connection with a shooting on Interstate 95 in Pompano Beach that injured two people. — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2026 Two men are dead and a 13-year-old girl was injured during a shooting in New Haven on Tuesday night. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 5 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for injured

Adjective

Moghnie’s mother-in-law is still there, for instance, her home still standing, despite damaged walls and shattered windows from nearby bombings.

— Ava Bambuck, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
At the time, residents had shared reports on neighborhood Facebook groups that included photos of damaged tires and doorbell camera footage.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2026

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Verb

In Russia, five people were wounded when a fire broke out at the Ilsky Oil Refinery in the southern Krasnodar region due to debris from a falling drone, local officials said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
More than 20 people were wounded and nine remained in critical condition following the shooting.

— Connor Greene, Time, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of wounded

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However, the rollout of these changes is marred by application glitches, payment calculation errors, erroneous delinquency notices, and massive backlogs for loan forgiveness programs.

— Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Starship, which underpins Musk’s longer-term goals in space, has faced a rocky development path marred by explosive setbacks, malfunctions and delays — at a cost of $15 billion and running.

— Bloomberg, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of marred

Adjective

Lineage has also been cited by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health for rodent and pest control violations, which became an issue in the early days of the cleanup as they were attracted by the spoiled food.

— Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
Workers have cleared out and sanitized the eastern freezer, which was largely destroyed in the fire and filled with spoiled food and charred debris.

— Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026

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Two people, including a 13-year-old boy, were seriously hurt following a small plane crash on Wednesday in West Michigan, according to Michigan State Police.

— DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
Kirk made a point to fill his mis en scene with anachronistic technology items like old tape recorders and pay phones — and having access to all of Green Day’s music certainly didn’t hurt.

— Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of hurt

Verb

Africa desperately needs them, crippled by a fundamental lack of traditional national film funding incentives.

— John Hopewell, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026
Winds cripple aerial firefighting Nearly 500 firefighters and 23 aircraft were deployed, but gale-force winds drove flames through dry forest and crippled the response, preventing some aircraft from reaching the sea to collect water.

— Elena Becatoros, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of crippled

Verb

Burger’s appointment, therefore, was concerning to criminal defense attorneys and civil rights activists, who feared that the Warren Court’s landmark decisions would be weakened or overturned.

— Quinn Yeargain, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026
Business in the greater Tokyo area was almost back to normal Wednesday after a tropical storm weakened to a depression and left Japan, with transportation operating normally and power restored to most homes.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026

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