Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

injure

/ˈɪn.d͡ʒɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.27 in modern English

Syllables
in-jure
IPA
/ˈɪn.d͡ʒɚ/
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.

Transitive verb

verb

To damage or impair.

Transitive verb

verb

To do injustice to.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

A back-formation from injury, from Middle English injurie, from Anglo-Norman injurie, from Latin iniūria (“injustice; wrong; offense”), from in- (“not”) + iūs, iūris (“right, law”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *h₂yew-, injurie, iniūria

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈɪn.d͡ʒɚ/
  • British English: /ˈɪn.dʒə/

Usage

Inflected Forms

injures (present, singular) injuring (participle, present) injured (participle, past) injured (past)

Derived Forms

injurable injurer reinjure

Phrases

self-injure

Frequently Paired Words

injurious injury

Synonyms

harm wound traumatize abuse annoy bewound damage damnify dere do damage to do for do ill

Antonyms

benefit help praise preserve

Rhymes With

ginger fringer hinger singer swinger binger whinger cringer impinger reinjure tinger

Questions

How do you pronounce injure?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɪn.d͡ʒɚ/.
What does injure mean?
To wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.
Where does injure come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce injure

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