Synonyms for injurious
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : in-joor-ee-uhs |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈdʒʊər i əs |
Top 10 synonyms for injurious
Définition of injurious
Origin :- early 15c., "abusive," from Middle French injurios (14c., Modern French injurieux) and directly from Latin injuriosus "unlawful, wrongful, harmful, noxious," from injuria (see injury). Related: Injuriously.
- adj hurtful
- If reproved, she would reply with a flood of injurious words.
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
- A machine that absorbs more labour than it takes the place of is injurious.
- Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
- There is nothing to prove that such marriages are injurious to the offspring.
- Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
- "No man had ever a point of pride that was not injurious to him," said Burke.
- Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- But courage is a good thing, and mere endurance may be hurtful and injurious.
- Extract from : « Laches » by Plato
- Unfortunately the practice of the Government has been most injurious.
- Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 2, August, 1863 » by Various
- It says that all this talking and agitation are injurious to you,—that you must be left alone.
- Extract from : « Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. » by Charles James Lever
- I knew all this talking was injurious, and I am much to blame for having permitted it.
- Extract from : « Luttrell Of Arran » by Charles James Lever
- Pressure is injurious not so much to the wheel as to the tool itself.
- Extract from : « Practical Mechanics for Boys » by J. S. Zerbe
- The pernicious habit I protest against as most injurious and degrading.
- Extract from : « Sparkling Gems of Race Knowledge Worth Reading » by Various
Antonyms for injurious
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