injure

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɪn.d͡ʒɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɪn.dʒə/

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• Rhymes: -ɪndʒə(ɹ)

Verb

injure (third-person singular simple present injures, present participle injuring, simple past and past participle injured)

1. (transitive) To wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.

   Synonyms: harm, wound; see also Thesaurus:harm

   The rugby team's star player got injured in a violent collision.

   I injured my ankle playing tennis.

2. (transitive) To damage or impair.

   Synonyms: disfigure, mar; see also Thesaurus:deface

3. (transitive) To do injustice to.

   Antonyms: benefit, help, praise, preserve

Etymology

Inherited from Old French injurie, borrowed from Latin injuria, iniūria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.ʒyʁ/

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Noun

injure f (plural injures)

1. offense, insult

Further reading

• “injure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Adjective

injūre

1. vocative masculine singular of injūrus