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injurious.

Causing physical harm or injury; harmful, hurtful.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ɪnˈdʒʊə.ɹɪ.əs/Received-Pronunciation/ɪnˈdʒɔː.ɹɪ.əs/Received-Pronunciation/ɪnˈd͡ʒʊɹ.i.əs/General-American/ɪnˈd͡ʒɝ.i.əs/General-American
  1. Causing physical harm or injury; harmful, hurtful.

  2. Causing harm to one's reputation; invidious, defamatory, libelous, slanderous.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English injurious, from Anglo-Norman enjurius, from Latin iniūriōsus; analysable as injury + -ous.

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