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He presented himself as the friend to Main Street America, and yet that aw-shucks persona ended up packaging policies and programs that were at times deeply injurious to the very people he swore to serve. After all, Reaganomics set in motion one of the largest wealth redistributions in American history, away from the poor and toward the rich.
Eugene Jarecki

Meaning of "injurious" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF INJURIOUS

injurious  [ɪnˈdʒʊərɪəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INJURIOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Injurious is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES INJURIOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of injurious in the English dictionary

The definition of injurious in the dictionary is causing damage or harm; deleterious; hurtful. Other definition of injurious is abusive, slanderous, or libellous.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INJURIOUS


Aquarius
əˈkwɛərɪəs
curious
ˈkjʊərɪəs
furious
ˈfjʊərɪəs
hilarious
hɪˈlɛərɪəs
incurious
ɪnˈkjʊərɪəs
luxurious
lʌɡˈzjʊərɪəs
Marius
ˈmɛərɪəs
mysterious
mɪˈstɪərɪəs
penurious
pɪˈnjʊərɪəs
perjurious
pɜːˈdʒʊərɪəs
Sagittarius
ˌsædʒɪˈtɛərɪəs
serious
ˈsɪərɪəs
spurious
ˈspjʊərɪəs
sulfureous
sʌlˈfjʊərɪəs
sulphureous
sʌlˈfjʊərɪəs
superluxurious
ˌsuːpərlʌɡˈʒʊərɪəs
uncurious
ʌnˈkjʊərɪəs
unluxurious
ˌʌnlʌɡˈʒʊərɪəs
usurious
juːˈzjʊərɪəs
various
ˈvɛərɪəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INJURIOUS

injudiciousness
Injun
injunct
injunction
injunctive
injunctively
injurable
injure
injured
injured party
injurer
injuries
injuriously
injuriousness
injury
injury benefit
injury list
injury time
injury-prone
injustice

WORDS THAT END LIKE INJURIOUS

bi-curious
carious
deleterious
delicious
delirious
glorious
gregarious
illustrious
imperious
industrious
inglorious
laborious
lugubrious
meritorious
multifarious
nefarious
notorious
precarious
vainglorious
vicarious
victorious

Synonyms and antonyms of injurious in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «INJURIOUS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «injurious» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of injurious

Translation of «injurious» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INJURIOUS

Find out the translation of injurious to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of injurious from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «injurious» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

伤害
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

perjudicial
570 millions of speakers

English

injurious
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हानिकारक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ضارة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вредно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

prejudicial
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ক্ষতিকর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

préjudiciable
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Memalukan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

schädlich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

有害な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

해로운
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Injurious
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nguy hiểm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

காயப்படுத்திக் கொள்ளும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हानीकारक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

zararlı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dannoso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

szkodliwego
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

шкідливо
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dăunătoare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ζημιογόνου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skadelik
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

skadlig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skadelig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of injurious

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INJURIOUS»

The term «injurious» is quite widely used and occupies the 50.470 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INJURIOUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about injurious

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10 QUOTES WITH «INJURIOUS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word injurious.
1
Lord Acton
Property is not the sacred right. When a rich man becomes poor it is a misfortune, it is not a moral evil. When a poor man becomes destitute, it is a moral evil, teeming with consequences and injurious to society and morality.
2
Martin Van Buren
The connection which formerly existed between the Government and banks was in reality injurious to both, as well as to the general interests of the community at large.
3
Charles Darwin
False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long; but false views, if supported by some evidence, do little harm, for every one takes a salutary pleasure in proving their falseness.
4
Democritus
Now as of old the gods give men all good things, excepting only those that are baneful and injurious and useless. These, now as of old, are not gifts of the gods: men stumble into them themselves because of their own blindness and folly.
5
William Falconer
Mental agitations and eating cares are more injurious to health, and destructive of life, than is commonly imagined, and could their effects be collected, would make no inconsiderable figure in the bills of mortality.
6
Alma Gluck
Vocal study before age 20 is likely to be injurious, though some survive it in the hands of very careful and understanding teachers.
7
Eugene Jarecki
He presented himself as the friend to Main Street America, and yet that aw-shucks persona ended up packaging policies and programs that were at times deeply injurious to the very people he swore to serve. After all, Reaganomics set in motion one of the largest wealth redistributions in American history, away from the poor and toward the rich.
8
George Muller
As a warning to parents, I mention that my father preferred me to my brother, which was very injurious to both of us. To me, as tending to produce in my mind a feeling of self-elevation; and to my brother, by creating in him a dislike both towards my father and me.
9
Prudentius
Bright light is injurious to those who see nothing.
10
John D. Rockefeller
Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INJURIOUS»

Discover the use of injurious in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to injurious and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Handbook of Poisonous and Injurious Plants
This second edition of the Handbook of Poisonous and Injurious Plants is created to assist the clinician in the initial response to the needs of a child or adult exposed to a poisonous or injurious plant.
Lewis S. Nelson, Andrew Weil, L.R. Goldfrank, 2007
2
Mites Injurious to Economic Plants
Introduction to the acari, Population ecology, History of chemical control and mite resistance, Principles of chemical control of plant-feeding mites, Biological enemies of mites, Mites and plant diseases, The tetranychidae donnadieu, ...
L. R. Jeppson, Hartford H. Keifer, Edward William Baker, 1975
3
Self-Injurious Behaviors: Assessment and Treatment
This volume presents a comprehensive nosology of self-injurious behaviors, classifying them as stereotypic, major, compulsive, and impulsive (with greater emphasis on the last two categories because they are the most commonly seen).
Daphne Simeon, Eric Hollander, 2008
4
AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants
Explains how to recognize poisonous plants and discusses the symptoms and treatment of plant poisoning
Kenneth F. Lampe, Mary Ann McCann, American Medical Association, 1985
5
Self-Injurious Behavior in Intellectual Disabilities
Many demonstrations of maintenance of self-injurious behavior by social positive reinforcement or access to tangibles rely on prior arrangement of EOs. For example, in the functional analysis described by Iwata et al. (1982/1994), the social ...
Johannes Rojahn, Stephen R. Schroeder, Theodore A Hoch, 2007
6
Self-Injurious Behavior: Analysis, Assessment, and Treatment
This book greatly furthers our understanding of self- injurious behavior by providing a comprehensive and critical evaluation and discussion of the etiology and assessment, and the treatment of self-injurious behavior, as well as a close ...
James K. Luiselli, Johnny L. Matson, Nirbhay N. Singh, 2011
7
Insects, Injurious and Beneficial: Their Natural History and ...
Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Matthew Cooke, 2012
8
Observations on the offensive and injurious effect of ...
ON THE INJURIOUS EFFECT OF CORPORAL PUNISHMENT, &c. VERY few instances of the public infliction of corporal punishment having occurred in • ***** ***, for some years preceding the present, the humane inhabitants of that town had ...
Observations, 1827
9
The Injurious Effects of Slave Labour: an Impartial Appeal ...
SLAVE. LABOUR,. WHEN a people, educated with the principles and habits of freemen, blessed with the light of Christianity — who live under a Government of their own choice, and belong moreover to a great Commonwealth of free ...
‎1824
10
The Handbook of Forensic Learning Disabilities
CHAPTER. 6. Self-injurious. behaviour. and. deliberate. self-harm. Anne. Kingdon. Introduction Terminology and definition What causes self-harm? Assessment Staff attitudes Intervention approaches and therapies Therapeutic approaches ...
Tim Riding, Caron Swann, Bob Swann, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INJURIOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term injurious is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Structural Racism Needs to Be a Presidential Campaign Issue
This is a process we're terribly familiar with: A black person finds her or himself in an encounter with police that proves injurious, harassing, or, ... «The New Republic, Jul 15»
2
Labs that tested Maggi not accredited, claims Nestle - The Hindu
It has also instilled an apprehension in the minds of mothers and housewives that the product is poisonous and injurious to health,” Mr. Chagla ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
3
BMC Psychiatry | Full text | The situation of former adolescent self …
The semi-structured Self-injurious thoughts and behaviors interview (SITBI; [23]) was used to gain detailed information about participants' NSSI ... «BMC Blogs Network, Jul 15»
4
Confessions of an anonymous woman: on women smoking - The …
Admittedly, smoking is injurious to health and taking to it, even while I was aware of that, amounts to being deliberately stupid and irresponsible ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
5
Eid Mubarak to Shri Ram | The Asian Age
He always says stuff that injurious to his health. The film begins with an India-Pakistan match being watched in Sultanpur village that sits ... «The Asian Age, Jul 15»
6
Gina Rinehart mounts privacy claim against Channel Nine | afr.com
... mini-series House of Hancock, claiming injurious falsehood, misleading and deceptive conduct, and now a new claim for invasion of privacy. «The Australian Financial Review, Jul 15»
7
Limerick Traveller widow awarded €20k in newspaper defamation …
... in the unusual circumstances and context of Travellers culture/tradition they would be injurious to her good name in the community ie that she ... «Limerick Leader, Jul 15»
8
Traveller widow gets €20k for 'bringing body back in van' libel | Irish …
... in the unusual circumstances and context of Travellers' culture/tradition, they would be injurious to her good name in that community, that is, ... «Irish Examiner, Jul 15»
9
J.R. Reynolds: Stop body shaming Serena Williams
Taking swipes at natural body types that don't conform to media, fashion and modern cultural standards is injurious — psychologically, mentally ... «Battle Creek Enquirer, Jul 15»
10
My View: Set humane example by showing kindness to all creatures …
If traps are needed, non-injurious traps are available at some hardware stores, humane societies, Amazon.com, petacatalog.com or you can ... «The Daily News Online, Jul 15»

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