injurious

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EnglishEdit

WOTD – 15 March 2016

EtymologyEdit

From Anglo-Norman, from Old French enjurius, from Latin eniurosus; analysable as injury +‎ -ous.

PronunciationEdit

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈdʒʊəɹɪəs/, /ɪnˈdʒɔːɹɪəs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈdʒʊɹiəs/, /ɪnˈdʒɝiəs/
• Hyphenation: in‧ju‧ri‧ous

AdjectiveEdit

injurious ‎(comparative more injurious, superlative most injurious)

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

SynonymsEdit

• harmful, hurtful; see also Wikisaurus:harmful
• defamatory, invidious, libelous, slanderous; see also Wikisaurus:defamatory

Derived termsEdit

• injuriously
• injuriousness

TranslationsEdit

causing injury

• Esperanto: vunda
• Finnish: vahingollinen (fi)
• German: schädlich (de)
• Italian: nocivo (it), dannoso (it)
• Romanian: păgubitor (ro) m, prejudicios, dăunător (ro)

• Russian: вре́дный (ru) ‎(vrédnyj), вредоно́сный (ru) ‎(vredonósnyj), поврежда́ющий (ru) ‎(povreždájuščij),
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: шко̀дљив, шко̏дан, ште̏тан

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

• Ukrainian: небезпечний ‎(nebezpečnyj), шкідливий ‎(škidlyvyj)

causing harm to one's reputation

• Dutch: iemands reputatie beschadigen
• Finnish: vahingollinen (fi)
• German: beleidigend (de)
• Italian: ingiurioso

• Russian: оскорби́тельный (ru) ‎(oskorbítelʹnyj), клеветни́ческий (ru) ‎(klevetníčeskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: шко̀дљив, шко̏дан, ште̏тан

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