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): /ɪnˈdʒʊɹi.əs/, /ɪnˈdʒɝi.əs/
• 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

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

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from injurious

• injuriously
• injuriousness
• noninjurious

• subinjurious
• uninjurious

TranslationsEdit

causing injury

• Azerbaijani: ziyankar
• Esperanto: vunda
• Finnish: vahingollinen (fi)
• German: schädlich (de)
• Italian: nocivo (it), dannoso (it)
• Javanese: mbebayani
• Maori: whakawhara
• Romanian: păgubitor (ro) m, prejudicios, dăunător (ro), vătămător (ro)

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

  Cyrillic: шко̀дљив, шко̏дан, ште̏тан

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

• Tagalog: mapaminsala, nakasasama
• Telugu: హానికరము (hānikaramu)
• Ukrainian: небезпечний (nebezpečnyj), шкідливий (škidlyvyj)

causing harm to one's reputation

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

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

  Cyrillic: шко̀дљив, шко̏дан, ште̏тан

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