"injure" | Definition and Related Words

injure

Verb

Cause injuries or bodily harm to (synset 200069650)
is a type of: hurt - give trouble or pain to
subtypes:
- trample - injure by trampling or as if by trampling
- concuss - injure the brain; sustain a concussion
- calk - injure with a calk
- excruciate, torment, torture - subject to torture
- overstretch, pull - strain abnormally
- shock, traumatise, traumatize - inflict a trauma upon
- maim - injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation
- rick, sprain, turn, twist, wrench, wrick - twist suddenly so as to sprain
- subluxate - sprain or dislocate slightly
- disable, handicap, incapacitate, invalid - injure permanently
- harm - cause or do harm to
- run down, run over - injure or kill by knocking (someone or something) down and passing over the body, as with a vehicle
- break, fracture - fracture a bone of
- hit, pip, shoot - hit with a missile from a weapon
- knife, stab - use a knife on
- scrape, skin - bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of
- bruise, contuse - injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of
- graze - break the skin (of a body part) by scraping
same as: wound
Hurt the feelings of (synset 201797206)
"She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego"

is a type of: arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise - call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
subtypes:
- affront, diss, insult - treat, mention, or speak to rudely
- lacerate - deeply hurt the feelings of; distress
- sting - cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging
- abase, chagrin, humble, humiliate, mortify - cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
same as: bruise, hurt, offend, spite, wound
Cause damage or affect negatively (synset 200261356)
"Our business was hurt by the new competition"

is a type of: damage - inflict damage upon

same as: hurt

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