injure

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.

   The rugby team's star player got injured in a violent collision.

2. 2
   verb

   cause injuries or bodily harm to

3. 3
   verb

   cause damage or affect negatively

4. 4
   verb

   hurt the feelings of

5. 5
   verb

   To damage or impair.

6. 6
   verb

   To do injustice to.

Etymology

A back-formation from injury, from Anglo-Norman injurie, from Latin iniūria (“injustice; wrong; offense”), from in- (“not”) + iūs, iūris (“right, law”).