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Meanings of
injurious
in English
Harmful to living things.
hurtful
deleterious
Related terms
harmful
Containing defamation.
abusive
derogatory
invidious
defamatory
opprobrious
libelous
Synonyms
Examples for "
abusive
"
abusive
derogatory
invidious
defamatory
opprobrious
Examples for "
abusive
"
1
Four of those cases involved domestic violence victims fleeing their
abusive
partners.
2
Others also recommend having a code word to signal an
abusive
situation.
3
She described daily
abusive
text messages, and threatening and frightening phone calls.
4
Schools were closed, and children were sometimes quarantined with
abusive
family members.
5
Violent and
abusive
language, or language which describes the reality of abortion?
1
There'd been nothing
derogatory
or recent under either personal or business files.
2
Asked if that was not
derogatory
language, he said it was not.
3
There is nothing
derogatory
to her in what you say-quite the reverse.
4
No truth can be
derogatory
to the presumed fountain of all truth.
5
The flock, with shrill,
derogatory
remarks, flew in an airline straight away.
1
Which puts the new Octavia Scout in somewhat of an
invidious
position.
2
His only approach to
invidious
comment was in regard to the terrapin.
3
There can be no
invidious
rivalry between the dead and the living.
4
The arrival of a visitor put an end to the
invidious
comparison.
5
They diffused the most
invidious
reports against Oxford and secretary St. John.
1
It is
defamatory
and I will leave it at that, he said.
2
Lawyers for Sinn Féin contended that neither statement contained any
defamatory
content.
3
The movie contains many false and
defamatory
statements and scenes about me.
4
I mean, it's pretty
defamatory
stuff, Mr McGowan told reporters on Wednesday.
5
His attorney Marty Singer has dismissed the allegations as discredited and
defamatory
.
1
The captain stood at the stern addressing the bow with
opprobrious
language.
2
He called the panther every
opprobrious
name that fell to his tongue.
3
I am no impostor, my Lord, nor have I deserved
opprobrious
language.
4
Every tongue was engaged in loading me with the most
opprobrious
epithets!
5
But who ever heard the
opprobrious
term 'fortune-hunter' given to a woman?
1
Comments favorable and unfavorable, some of them
libelous
,
appeared in print.
2
It isn't
libelous
if it's done as a joke without malice.
3
In other locales, perfectly accurate statements can be considered
libelous
.
4
Aside from the fact that it is intemperate and inaccurate, it is also
libelous
.
5
I wonder the curse of Gomorrah does not descend on this gossiping,
libelous
community.
Causing damage or harm.
detrimental
prejudicial
Evil.
evil
Related terms
malign
Usage of
injurious
in English
1
We present clear examples of the protective and
injurious
nature of NO.
2
Conclusions: More rational psychopharmacological treatments for severe
self
-
injurious
behaviour may become available.
3
Yes; the injudicious use of a blower is
injurious
to any boiler.
4
The impossibility of forming intimacies calculated to be
injurious
in after life.
5
This is depressing to the defender and is
injurious
to his morale.
6
Out-of-door labor there is
injurious
to the white people, as you know.
7
It is a premature food, and the more abundant the more
injurious
.
8
Sale: And remarkably satisfying when it is
injurious
to property, not people.
9
The life of the voice will be impaired by such
injurious
practice.
10
The great majority of drugs have no
injurious
effect upon the teeth.
11
Smith thought early breeding
injurious
to the swine interests of the country.
12
Large-scale landowning proved especially
injurious
in the Sung period, for two reasons.
13
Another
injurious
custom is to sing long, sustained tones in the beginning.
14
This has led us to absurd and
injurious
extremes in both cases.
15
Violet-colored light is positively
injurious
to plants; they absolutely require white light.
16
Self
-
injurious
behavior is more frequent and more severe in the NIPBL group.
Other examples for "injurious"
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injurious
Adjective
Frequent collocations
most injurious
very injurious
injurious effect
so injurious
less injurious
More collocations
Injurious
through the time
Injurious
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common