Injure

Verb

 * 1)  To wound or cause  physical harm to a living creature.
 * 2)  To damage or impair.
 * 3)  To do injustice to.

Synonyms

 * harm
 * damage
 * hurt


 * disfigure
 * wound


 * mar
 * impair

Antonyms

 * praise
 * help
 * preserve
 * benefit

Related terms

 * injurious
 * injury

Adverbs for Injure
severely; dangerously; wilfully; critically; incurably; shockingly; permanently; unwittingly; atrociously; wantonly; gravely; internally; materially; irreparably.

Thesaurus
abrade, abuse, afflict, affront, aggravate, aggrieve, bark, batter, befoul, bespatter, bewitch, blemish, blight, bloody, break, bruise, buffet, burn, chafe, check, chip, claw, condemn, constrain, contort, corrupt, crack, craze, cripple, crucify, curse, cut, damage, deface, defile, deform, deprave, despoil, destroy, deteriorate, dilapidate, disable, disadvantage, disfigure, disserve, distort, distress, do a mischief, do evil, do ill, do violence to, do wrong, do wrong by, do wrong to, doom, embitter, endamage, envenom, exacerbate, foul, foul up, fracture, fray, frazzle, fret, gall, gash, get into trouble, grieve, harass, harm, hex, hurt, ill-treat, ill-use, impair, incapacitate, incise, infect, insult, irritate, jinx, knock about, lacerate, louse up, maim, make mincemeat of, make worse, maltreat, mangle, manhandle, mar, maul, menace, mishandle, mistreat, misuse, molest, mutilate, offend, outrage, pain, persecute, pierce, play havoc with, play hob with, poison, pollute, prejudice, puncture, put back, queer, rend, rip, rough, rough up, run, rupture, savage, scald, scathe, scorch, scotch, scrape, scratch, scuff, skin, slash, slight, slit, smirch, spoil, sprain, stab, stick, strain, taint, tarnish, tear, threaten, torment, torture, traumatize, violate, vitiate, weaken, worsen, wound, wreak havoc on, wrench, wrong

Etymology
From injury, from injurie, from  iniuria:, from in-: + ius:.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:, haavoittaa
 * French:
 * Icelandic:
 * Irish:, ,


 * Italian:
 * Old French:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: ранить
 * Spanish:


 * Finnish:


 * Russian:


 * Finnish: olla epäoikeudenmukainen, loukata


 * : blesser
 * : verletzen (1,2)
 * : nocere


 * : leòn, ciùrr, sàraich, mill
 * : lastimar
 * : niweidio; anafu

Noun

 * 1) offense, insult

Etymology
From injuria, iniuria:.