injurious

Meanings

• adjective

  Tending to harm or cause damage or injury, especially physically or mentally.

  - "The injurious effects of smoking on health."
  - "His injurious comments caused great distress."

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Pronunciation

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Synonyms

defamatory , invidious , libelous , slanderous , harmful , hurtful , scathel

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with injurious
perilous , vicious , precious , ridiculous

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Variants

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injurious , injuriously , injuriousness , injuriousnesses , self-injure , self-injured , self-injures , self-injuring , self-injurious , self-injury

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Etymology

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From the Latin word 'injuria' meaning injury or wrong.

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Trivia

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1. The word 'injurious' comes from the Latin word 'injuria', which also gave us the English word 'injury'.

2. The term 'injurious' has been used in legal contexts to describe actions that are harmful or damaging to others.

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Related Concepts

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1. Harmful: Related to causing harm or damage.

2. Injury: Physical or mental harm or damage.

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Culture

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In literature, 'injurious' has been used to describe harmful actions or words. In art, it can refer to a work that causes harm or distress to the viewer. In music, it can describe a song with harsh or painful lyrics.

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3. mnemonics
   

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