in
jure
Third Person
injures
Present Participle
injuring
Past Tense
injured
Past Participle
injured
1
to physically cause harm to a person or thing
transitive
- A misstep on the stairs could injure your leg.
- Be careful with fireworks; they can injure you.
- He injured his knee while playing soccer.
- He was practicing gymnastics and injured his neck.
- The horse kicked and injured the farmer.
Synonyms:
2
to cause harm or damage to something
transitive
- She injured her chances by arriving late to the interview.
- Lack of practice injured his performance in the competition.
- Poor handling of equipment can injure its effectiveness.
- The chemicals in the water can injure local wildlife.
- The false accusations injured his reputation in the community.
Synonyms:
3
to hurt someone's feelings or pride, causing emotional pain
transitive
- His harsh words injured her pride deeply.
- Being left out of the celebration injured his feelings.
- His joke unintentionally injured her feelings.
- Ignoring his efforts injured his sense of self-worth.
- The insult injured her pride in front of her friends.