injurious

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English injurious, from Anglo-Norman enjurius, from Latin iniūriōsus; analysable as injury +‎ -ous. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪnˈdʒʊə.ɹɪ.əs/, /ɪnˈdʒɔː.ɹɪ.əs/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɪnˈd͡ʒʊɹ.i.əs/, /ɪnˈd͡ʒɝ.i.əs/ Hyphenation: in‧ju‧ri‧ous === Adjective === injurious (comparative more injurious, superlative most injurious) Causing physical harm or injury; harmful, hurtful. Causing harm to one's reputation; invidious, defamatory, libelous, slanderous. ==== Synonyms ==== scathel, harmful, hurtful; see also Thesaurus:harmful defamatory, invidious, libelous, slanderous; see also Thesaurus:defamatory ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Middle English == === Alternative forms === injuryos === Etymology === Borrowed from Anglo-Norman enjurius, from Latin iniūriōsus; equivalent to injurie +‎ -ous. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /inˌdʒiu̯ˈriuːs/, /inˈdʒiu̯rius/ === Adjective === injurious (rare, Late Middle English) (of speech) Rude, offensive, distasteful. Morally wrong or evil; potentially dangerous. ==== Descendants ==== English: injurious ==== References ==== “injūriǒus, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 24 October 2018.