injurious C2+ Topic:Safety & Risk 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... harmfuldamagingdetrimentalhurtfuldeleteriousnoxious ↔ Opposites beneficialharmlesshelpfulsalubrious Word family Forms injuriously Derived forms injuriouslyinjuriousness Related forms injureinjuryjuryjust Etymology AI details From Latin iniuriosus ('wrongful, harmful'), from iniuria ('injustice, injury'), from in- ('not') + ius ('law, right'). in- Latin ius Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Safety & Risk Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 - Safety & Risk - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown