About The Word Injurious
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Injurious
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What's The Definition Of Injurious?
[adj] tending to cause great harm
[adj] harmful to living things; "deleterious chemical additives" Synonyms | Synonyms for Injurious: deleterious | evil | harmful | hurtful | malign Related Terms | Find terms related to Injurious: abusive | adverse | bad | bad for | baleful | baneful | calumnious | contaminated | contemptuous | corroding | corrosive | corrupting | corruptive | counterproductive | damaging | deadly | defamatory | deleterious | deprecatory | derogatory | destructive | detrimental | disadvantageous | disparaging | disserviceable | distressing | eroding | erosive | evil | foul | harmful | harsh | hurtful | insalubrious | insanitary | insulting | lethal | malefic | malevolent | malign | malignant | mischievous | morbific | noisome | noxious | offensive | ominous | pathogenic | peccant | pernicious | pestiferous | poisonous | polluted | prejudicial | ruinous | scandalous | scatheful | scornful | scurrilous | septic | slanderous | tainted | toxic | unadvantageous | unfavorable | unhealthful | unhealthy | unhygienic | unprofitable | unrewarding | unsanitary | unwholesome | useless | venenate | veneniferous | venenous | venomous | vicious | virulent | worthless See Also | Injurious In Webster's Dictionary \In*ju"ri*ous\, a. [L. injuriousus, injurius; cf. F.
injurieux. See {Injury}.]
1. Not just; wrongful; iniquitous; culpable. [Obs.] --Milton.
Till the injurious Roman did extort This tribute
from us, we were free. --Shak.
2. Causing injury or harm; hurtful; harmful; detrimental;
mischievous; as, acts injurious to health, credit,
reputation, property, etc.
Without being injurious to the memory of our English
Pindar. --Dryden.
Syn: Harmful; hurtful; pernicious; mischievous; baneful;
deleterious; noxious; ruinous; detrimental.
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