injurious

English

Etymology

Adjective

injurious (comparative more injurious, superlative most injurious)

1. Causing physical harm or injury; harmful.
2. Causing harm to one's reputation; slanderous, libelous, invidious.

Synonyms

• harmful; see also Wikisaurus:harmful
• slanderous, libelous, defamatory
• See also Wikisaurus:defamatory

Derived terms

• injuriously
• injuriousness

Translations

causing injury

• Esperanto: vunda (eo)
• Finnish: vahingollinen (fi)
• Italian: nocivo (it), dannoso (it)
• Russian: вредный (ru) (vrédnyj), вредоносный (ru) (vredonósnyj), повреждающий (ru) (povreždájuščij),

• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: шко̀дљив (sh), шко̏дан (sh), ште̏тан (sh)

  Roman: škòdljiv (sh), škȍdan (sh), štȅtan (sh)

causing harm to one's reputation

• Dutch: iemands reputatie beschadigen
• Finnish: vahingollinen (fi)
• Italian: ingiurioso (it)
• Russian: оскорбительный (ru) (oskorbítelʹnyj), клеветнический (ru) (klevetníčeskij)

• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: шко̀дљив (sh), шко̏дан (sh), ште̏тан (sh)

  Roman: škòdljiv (sh), škȍdan (sh), štȅtan (sh)