Yahoo Web Search

Search results

1. Dictionary

   in·ju·ry

   /ˈinj(ə)rē/

   noun

   • 1. an instance of being injured: "she suffered an injury to her back" Similar woundbruisecutgashtearrentslashgougescratchgrazelacerationabrasioncontusionlesionsoretechnical:trauma
   • ▪ the fact of being injured; harm or damage: "all escaped without serious injury" Similar harmhurtwoundingdamagepainsufferingimpairmentafflictiondisablementincapacitydisabilitydisfigurement
   • 2. damage to a person's feelings: "compensation for injury to feelings" Similar offenseabusewrongwrongdoinginjusticedisservicegrievanceaffrontinsultslightsnubindignityslap in the faceoutrage

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French injurie, from Latin injuria ‘a wrong’, from in- (expressing negation) + jus, jur- ‘right’.

   Scrabble Points: 16

   • I

     1

   • N

     1

   • J

     8

   • U

     1

   • R

     1

   • Y

     4

   Powered by Oxford Dictionaries

   More definitions, origin and scrabble points