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- Dictionaryin·ju·ri·ous/inˈjo͝orēəs/
adjective
- 1. causing or likely to cause damage or harm: "high temperature is injurious to mangoes"
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Something that is injurious to someone or to their health or reputation is harmful or damaging to them.
The meaning of INJURIOUS is inflicting or tending to inflict injury : detrimental. How to use injurious in a sentence.
A complete guide to the word "INJURIOUS": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
Injurious definition: harmful, hurtful, or detrimental, as in effect. See examples of INJURIOUS used in a sentence.
adjective. formal uk / ɪnˈdʒʊə.ri.əs / us / ɪnˈdʒʊr.i.əs / Add to word list. harmful: injurious to Too much alcohol is injurious to your health. Synonyms. damaging. deleterious formal. detrimental formal. harmful. prejudicial formal. Opposites. harmless. innocuous. Compare. hurtful. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
If you know what an injury is, you have a head start on learning injurious. Anything injurious is dangerous. At a construction site, almost anything could be injurious, if you don't know what you're doing (or even if you do). Falling off a ladder could be very injurious.
INJURIOUS | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary. Meaning of injurious in English. injurious. adjective. formal us / ɪnˈdʒʊr.i.əs / uk / ɪnˈdʒʊə.ri.əs / Add to word list. harmful: injurious to Too much alcohol is injurious to your health. Synonyms. damaging. deleterious formal. detrimental formal. harmful. prejudicial formal. Opposites.
1. Causing or tending to cause injury; harmful: eating habits that are injurious to one's health. 2. Offensive or insulting; hurtful: made injurious statements about his rival. in·ju′ri·ous·ly adv. in·ju′ri·ous·ness n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
Definition of injurious adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
injurious meaning, definition, what is injurious: causing injury, harm, or damage: Learn more.
