Injury

Quick meaning: Injury is a noun meaning Damage to the body of a living thing.

Meaning

Damage to the body of a living thing.

More Meanings

1. Other forms of damage sustained by a living thing, e.g. psychologically.
2. The violation of a person's reputation, rights, property, or interests.
3. (law) Injustice.
4. (transitive, obsolete) To wrong, to injure.

Example Sentences

Slander is an injury to the character.

The passenger sustained a severe injury in the car accident.

The best of us doth not so much feare to wrong him, as he doth to injurie his neighbour, his kinsman, or his master.

Minor injuries such as cuts and abrasions are cleaned and bandaged on site; serious injuries require an ambulance call.

Word Forms

• injuries
• injurying
• injuried

Synonyms for injury

Depending on context, synonyms include wound, scath, scathe, lesion, dere, trauma.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include trauma, hurt, harm, wound, maiming, wounded.

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