injurious

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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈdʒʊə.ɹɪ.əs/, /ɪnˈdʒɔː.ɹɪ.əs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈd͡ʒʊɹ.i.əs/, /ɪnˈd͡ʒɝ.i.əs/

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• Hyphenation: in‧ju‧ri‧ous

injurious (comparative more injurious, superlative most injurious)

1. Causing physical harm or injury; harmful, hurtful.
2. Causing harm to one's reputation; invidious, defamatory, libelous, slanderous.
   • 1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 111:

     This injurious explanation dethroned the remainder of Bunson's dignity entirely.

• scathel, harmful, hurtful; see also Thesaurus:harmful
• defamatory, invidious, libelous, slanderous; see also Thesaurus:defamatory

• injuryos

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman enjurius, from Latin iniūriōsus; equivalent to injurie +‎ -ous.

• IPA^(key): /inˌdʒiu̯ˈriuːs/, /inˈdʒiu̯rius/

injurious (rare, Late Middle English)

1. (of speech) Rude, offensive, distasteful.
2. Morally wrong or evil; potentially dangerous.

• English: injurious

• “injūriǒus, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 24 October 2018.