injurious

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ɪnˈdʒʊriəs/ UK /ɪnˈdʒʊəriəs/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
causing or likely to cause harm or damage

Smoking is injurious to your health.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · causing or likely to cause... harmful damaging detrimental hurtful deleterious noxious

Opposites

beneficial harmless helpful salubrious

Word family

Forms injuriously

Derived forms injuriouslyinjuriousness

Related forms injure injury jury just

Etymology

From Latin iniuriosus ('wrongful, harmful'), from iniuria ('injustice, injury'), from in- ('not') + ius ('law, right').

in- Latin ius Latin

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# injurious

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ɪnˈdʒʊriəs/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪnˈdʒʊəriəs/

## Meanings
1. causing or likely to cause harm or damage

## Examples
- Smoking is injurious to your health.

## Synonyms
- harmful
- damaging
- detrimental
- hurtful
- deleterious
- noxious

## Antonyms
- beneficial
- harmless
- helpful
- salubrious

## Derived Forms
- injuriously
- injuriousness

## Related Forms
- injure
- injury
- jury
- just

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: in-
- Root: ius

## Etymology
From Latin iniuriosus ('wrongful, harmful'), from iniuria ('injustice, injury'), from in- ('not') + ius ('law, right').

## AI Etymology
Injurious is from Latin iniuriosus ('wrongful, harmful'), from iniuria ('injustice, injury'), from in- ('not') + ius ('law, right'). Important recorded forms include in- (Latin) and ius (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers causing or likely to cause harm or damage. The wider family includes derived forms such as injuriously and injuriousness and related words such as injure, injury, jury, and just.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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