injury
Plural: injuries
Noun
- Harm or damage inflicted or suffered.
- any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
- an accident that results in physical damage or hurt
- a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat
- an act that causes someone or something to receive physical damage
- wrongdoing that violates another's rights and is unjustly inflicted
- Damage to the body of a living thing.
- Other forms of damage sustained by a living thing, e.g. psychologically.
- The violation of a person's reputation, rights, property, or interests.
- Injustice.
Verb
- To wrong, to injure.
Examples
- A poorly placed ’Q’ without a ’U’ can cause an injury to one’s Scrabble rack.
- Slander is an injury to the character.
- The passenger sustained a severe injury in the car accident.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English injurie, from Anglo-Norman injurie, from Latin iniūria (“injustice; wrong; offense”), from in- (“not”) + iūs, iūris (“right, law”). Doublet of injuria.
Synonyms
accidental injury, combat injury, harm, hurt, trauma, wound, dere, injury, lesion, scath, scathe
Scrabble Score: 16
injury: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordinjury: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
injury: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary