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injurious

/ɪnˈd͡ʒʊɹ.i.əs/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.58 in modern English

Syllables
in-ju-ri-ous
IPA
/ɪnˈd͡ʒʊɹ.i.əs/
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Causing physical harm or injury; harmful, hurtful.

adj

Causing harm to one's reputation; invidious, defamatory, libelous, slanderous.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English injurious, from Anglo-Norman enjurius, from Latin iniūriōsus; analysable as injury + -ous.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ɪnˈd͡ʒʊɹ.i.əs/
  • British English: /ɪnˈdʒʊə.ɹɪ.əs/

Inflected Forms

more injurious (comparative) most injurious (superlative)

Derived Forms

injuriously injuriousness noninjurious preinjurious subinjurious uninjurious

Phrases

non-injurious self-injurious

Synonyms

scathel harmful hurtful defamatory invidious libelous slanderous deleterious

Rhymes With

curious furious spurious

Questions

How do you pronounce injurious?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɪnˈd͡ʒʊɹ.i.əs/.
What does injurious mean?
Causing physical harm or injury; harmful, hurtful.
Where does injurious come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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