injurious

Synonyms

hurtful deleterious prejudicial noxious detrimental baleful pernicious wrongful mischievous damaging baneful

Antonyms

helpful beneficial advantageous [see pernicious]

In*ju"ri*ous, a. Etym: [L. injuriousus, injurius; cf. F. injurieux. See Injury.] 1. Not just; wrongful; iniquitous; culpable. [Obs.] Milton. Till the injurious Roman did extort This tribute from us, we were free. Shak. 2. Causing injury or harm; hurtful; harmful; detrimental; mischievous; as, acts injurious to health, credit, reputation, property, etc. Without being injurious to the memory of our English Pindar. Dryden. Syn. -- Harmful; hurtful; pernicious; mischievous; baneful; deleterious; noxious; ruinous; detrimental.

injurious - Similar Words

injuriously incurious injuriousness injudicious industrious incuriously penurious inebrious indubious insalubrious