injure Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb cause injuries or bodily harm to
    wound.
  2. verb hurt the feelings of
    spite; wound; bruise; hurt; offend.
    • She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests
    • This remark really bruised my ego
  3. verb cause damage or affect negatively
    hurt.
    • Our business was hurt by the new competition

WordNet

In"jure transitive verb
Etymology
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.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Injured ; present participle & verbal noun Injuring
Definitions
  1. 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.
    When have I injured thee? when done thee wrong? Shak.
    Syn. -- To damage; mar; spoil; harm; sully; wrong; maltreat; abuse; insult; affront; dishonor.

Webster 1913