injurious
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in·ju·ri·ous
(ĭn-jo͝or′ē-əs)adj.
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.
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injurious
(ɪnˈdʒʊərɪəs)adj
1. causing damage or harm; deleterious; hurtful
2. abusive, slanderous, or libellous
inˈjuriously adv
inˈjuriousness n
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in•ju•ri•ous
(ɪnˈdʒʊər i əs)adj.
1. harmful, hurtful, or detrimental, as in effect: injurious eating habits.
2. insulting; abusive; defamatory: an injurious statement.
in•ju′ri•ous•ly, adv.
in•ju′ri•ous•ness, n.
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Adj. | 1. | injurious - harmful to living things; "deleterious chemical additives" harmful - causing or capable of causing harm; "too much sun is harmful to the skin"; "harmful effects of smoking" |
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injurious
adjective harmful, bad, damaging, corrupting, destructive, adverse, unhealthy, detrimental, hurtful, pernicious, noxious, ruinous, deleterious, iniquitous, disadvantageous, baneful (archaic), maleficent, unconducive Stress in itself is not necessarily injurious.
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injurious
adjective1. Causing harm or injury:
2. Damaging to the reputation:
Law: libelous.
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Translations
مُؤْذٍ، جارِح
škodlivý
skadelig
vahingollinen
škodanškodljivštetan
skaîlegur
zarar vericizararlı
injurious
[ɪnˈdʒʊərɪəs] ADJ (frm) → perjudicial (to para) injurious to health → perjudicial para la saludCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
injurious
[ɪndˈʒʊəriəs] adj → préjudiciableto be injurious to health → être préjudiciable à la santé
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injurious
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
injure
(ˈindʒə) verb to harm or damage. He injured his arm when he fell; They were badly injured when the car crashed; A story like that could injure his reputation; His pride has been injured.
ˈinjured adjective1. (also noun) (people who have been) wounded or harmed. The injured (people) were all taken to hospital after the accident.
2. (of feelings, pride etc) hurt. `Why didn't you tell me before?' he said in an injured voice.
injurious (inˈdʒuəriəs) adjective (with to) harmful. Smoking is injurious to one's health.
ˈinjury – plural ˈinjuries – noun (an instance of) harm or damage. Badly designed chairs can cause injury to the spine; The motorcyclist received severe injuries in the crash.
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