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Meaning of 'injure' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Injure [ v. t.]
- To do harm to; to impair the excellence and value of; to hurt; to damage; -- used in a variety of senses; as: (a) To hurt or wound, as the person; to impair soundness, as of health. (b) To damage or lessen the value of, as goods or estate. (c) To slander, tarnish, or impair, as reputation or character. (d) To impair or diminish, as happiness or virtue. (e) To give pain to, as the sensibilities or the feelings; to grieve; to annoy. (f) To impair, as the intellect or mind.

Meaning of 'injure' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . injure [ v]
Meaning (1):
- cause damage or affect negatively
Example in sentence:
  • Our business was hurt by the new competition
Meaning (2):
- hurt the feelings of
Example in sentence:
  • She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests;
  • This remark really bruised my ego

Nearby Words:

inject injected injecting injection injector injelly injoin injoint injucundity injudicable

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