Synonyms for injury
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : in-juh-ree |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪn dʒə ri |
Top 10 synonyms for injury Other synonyms for the word injury
- abrasion
- affliction
- affront
- agony
- bad
- bite
- blemish
- boo-boo
- chop
- deformation
- detriment
- discomfiture
- disservice
- distress
- evil
- gash
- grievance
- hemorrhage
- ill
- impairment
- indignity
- injustice
- insult
- lesion
- libel
- mischief
- misery
- mutilation
- nick
- ouch
- outrage
- pang
- ruin
- scratch
- shock
- slander
- sore
- sprain
- stab
- sting
- suffering
- swelling
- trauma
- twinge
- wound
- wrong
Définition of injury
Origin :- late 14c., "harm, damage, loss; a specific injury," from Anglo-French injurie "wrongful action," from Latin injuria "wrong, hurt, injustice, insult," noun use of fem. of injurius "wrongful, unjust," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + ius (genitive iuris) "right, law" (see jurist).
- noun hurt, harm
- Who among you ever received an injury from that kind old man?
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- I am sure the injury you speak of could not have happened when he was in charge.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- But tell me why you think my endeavours to make you believe as I did never did you injury?
- Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
- But the passengers' right of action for injury would be very limited.
- Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
- I saw that he feared me and wished to make sure that I had it not in my power to do him some injury.
- Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
- Is there no reward, no means of palliating the injury, and of softening your heart?
- Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
- Strange as it may seem, they never offered any injury or insult to the inmates.
- Extract from : « The Boy Captives » by John Greenleaf Whittier
- So it was of some injury to the foot that the Blessed Virgin cured you?
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- And can he use any such information when communicated to him, except to the injury of others?
- Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
- You couldn't do anybody an injury to save your life, and everybody knows it.
- Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington
Antonyms for injury
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