Synonyms of injurious

injurious

adjective

in-ˈju̇r-ē-əs 

as in harmful

causing or capable of causing harm

inaccurate news reports are injurious to the public's faith in the media

Synonyms & Similar Words

• harmful
• detrimental
• damaging
• adverse
• dangerous
• bad
• hazardous
• deleterious
• prejudicial
• poisonous
• pernicious
• baneful
• noxious
• infectious
• hurtful
• evil
• ill
• mischievous
• wicked
• nocuous
• destructive
• baleful
• hostile
• deadly
• unsafe
• infective
• venomous
• lethal
• inimical
• risky
• threatening
• sinister
• unfriendly
• insidious
• fatal
• ominous
• perilous
• contagious
• menacing
• unwholesome
• pestilential
• unsound
• unhealthful
• unhealthy
• ruinous
• pestiferous
• malignant
• pestilent
• parlous
• nasty
• imperiling
• killer
• jeopardizing
• noisome

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• harmless
• beneficial
• benign
• innocuous
• safe
• useful
• innocent
• advantageous
• inoffensive
• favorable
• good
• salutary
• propitious
• healthful
• healthy
• wholesome
• helpful
• anodyne
• remedial
• salubrious
• curative
• sound
• palliative
• hurtless
• secure
• benignant
• nonfatal
• noninfectious
• nontoxic
• nonpoisonous
• nondestructive
• noncorrosive
• nonlethal
• nonpolluting
• nonvenomous

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of injurious

How to handle northern snakeheads The fish is considered an injurious species under the Lacey Act, meaning it cannot be possessed or transported live, according to the agency. — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 9 June 2026

Nuisance and injurious to health. — Nikiya Carrero, CBS News, 3 June 2026

The agency would eventually decide whether to ban electrical shock devices that have been used for decades to manage self-injurious behavior in people with intellectual disabilities and autism. — O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 1 June 2026

Nor did anyone commit an injurious gaffe. — Dan Walters, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2026