'Injurious' definitions:
Definition of 'injurious'
From: WordNet
adjective
Harmful to living things; "deleterious chemical additives" [syn: deleterious, hurtful, injurious]
Definition of 'Injurious'
From: GCIDE
- Injurious \In*ju"ri*ous\, a. [L. injuriousus, injurius; cf. F. injurieux. See Injury.]
- 1. Not just; wrongful; iniquitous; culpable. [Obs.] --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Till the injurious Roman did extort This tribute from us, we were free. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Causing injury or harm; hurtful; harmful; detrimental; mischievous; as, acts injurious to health, credit, reputation, property, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Without being injurious to the memory of our English Pindar. --Dryden.
- Syn: Harmful; hurtful; pernicious; mischievous; baneful; deleterious; noxious; ruinous; detrimental. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'injurious'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abusive,
- adverse,
- bad,
- bad for,
- baleful,
- baneful,
- calumnious,
- contaminated,
- contemptuous,
- corroding,
- corrosive,
- corrupting,
- corruptive,
- counterproductive,
- damaging,
- deadly,
- defamatory,
- deleterious,
- deprecatory,
- derogatory,
- destructive,
- detrimental,
- disadvantageous,
- disparaging,
- disserviceable,
- distressing,
- eroding,
- erosive,
- evil,
- foul,
- harmful,
- harsh,
- hurtful,
- insalubrious,
- insanitary,
- insulting,
- lethal,
- malefic,
- malevolent,
- malign,
- malignant,
- mischievous,
- morbific,
- noisome,
- noxious,
- offensive,
- ominous,
- pathogenic,
- peccant,
- pernicious,
- pestiferous,
- poisonous,
- polluted,
- prejudicial,
- ruinous,
- scandalous,
- scatheful,
- scornful,
- scurrilous,
- septic,
- slanderous,
- tainted,
- toxic,
- unadvantageous,
- unfavorable,
- unhealthful,
- unhealthy,
- unhygienic,
- unprofitable,
- unrewarding,
- unsanitary,
- unwholesome,
- useless,
- venenate,
- veneniferous,
- venenous,
- venomous,
- vicious,
- virulent,
- worthless