v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Injured p. pr. & vb. n. Injuring. ] [ L. injuriari, fr. injuria injury, perh. through F. injurier to insult, in OF. also, to injure; or perhaps fr. E. injury, or F. injure injury. See Injury. ] To do harm to; to impair the excellence and value of; to hurt; to damage; -- used in a variety of senses; as: (a) To hurt or wound, as the person; to impair soundness, as of health. (b) To damage or lessen the value of, as goods or estate. (c) To slander, tarnish, or impair, as reputation or character. (d) To impair or diminish, as happiness or virtue. (e) To give pain to, as the sensibilities or the feelings; to grieve; to annoy. (f) To impair, as the intellect or mind. [ 1913 Webster ]

When have I injured thee? when done thee wrong? Shak.

Syn. -- To damage; mar; spoil; harm; sully; wrong; maltreat; abuse; insult; affront; dishonor. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. having received an injury;-- usually used of physical or mental injury to persons. Opposite of uninjured. [ Narrower terms: abraded, scraped, skinned ; battle-scarred, scarred; bit, bitten, stung ; black-and-blue, livid ; bruised, contused, contusioned ; bruised, hurt, wounded ; burned; cut, gashed, slashed, split ; disabled, hors de combat, out of action ; disjointed, dislocated, separated ; hurt, wounded ; lacerated, mangled, torn; maimed, mutilated ] Also See: broken, damaged, damaged, impaired, unsound, wronged. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. subjected to an injustice.
Syn. -- aggrieved. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who injures or wrongs. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Injurie [ L. ] (Law) Injury; invasion of another's rights. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. injuriousus, injurius; cf. F. injurieux. See Injury. ] 1. Not just; wrongful; iniquitous; culpable. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Till the injurious Roman did extort
This tribute from us, we were free. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Causing injury or harm; hurtful; harmful; detrimental; mischievous; as, acts injurious to health, credit, reputation, property, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Without being injurious to the memory of our English Pindar. Dryden.

Syn. -- Harmful; hurtful; pernicious; mischievous; baneful; deleterious; noxious; ruinous; detrimental. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an injurious or hurtful manner; wrongfully; hurtfully; mischievously. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being injurious or hurtful; harmfulness; injury. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Injuries [ OE. injurie, L. injuria, fr. injurius injurious, wrongful, unjust; pref. in- not + jus, juris, right, law, justice: cf. F. injure. See Just, a. ] Any damage or hurt done to a person or thing; detriment to, or violation of, the person, character, feelings, rights, property, or interests of an individual; that which injures, or occasions wrong, loss, damage, or detriment; harm; hurt; loss; mischief; wrong; evil; as, his health was impaired by a severe injury; slander is an injury to the character. [ 1913 Webster ]

For he that doeth injury shall receive that that he did evil. Wyclif(Col. iii. 25). [ 1913 Webster ]

Many times we do injury to a cause by dwelling on trifling arguments. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

Riot ascends above their loftiest towers,
And injury and outrage. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Injury in morals and jurisprudence is the intentional doing of wrong. Fleming.

Syn. -- Harm; hurt; damage; loss; impairment; detriment; wrong; evil; injustice. [ 1913 Webster ]

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n. an injury to the neck caused by the sudden motion of the head backward and forward, as occurs to the occupants of a vehicle hit from behind by another vehicle. [ PJC ]