injured

/ˈɪndʒərd/
/ˈɪndʒəd/
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Other forms: injuredly

If you break your leg, you are injured. If someone caused the break by pushing you off a swing, you are the injured party. Injured means harmed.

Usually injured means physically harmed, but sometimes you'll see it used with pride. After being yelled at in front of the whole team by your coach, you'll go home with injured pride. Injured shares a Latin root meaning "right" with the word jury. If you are on a jury, you are expected to do what's right. When you are injured, it's just not right.

Definitions of injured
  1. adjective
    harmed
    “injured soldiers”
    “injured feelings”
    synonyms:
    broken
    physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
    damaged
    harmed or injured or spoiled
    impaired
    diminished in strength, quality, or utility
    battle-scarred
    scarred by battle
    black-and-blue, livid
    discolored by coagulation of blood beneath the skin
    disjointed, dislocated, separated
    separated at the joint
    eviscerate
    having been disembowelled
    hurt, wounded
    suffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battle
    lacerate, lacerated, mangled, torn
    having edges that are jagged from injury
    raw
    having the surface exposed and painful
    unsound
    not sound financially
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    antonyms:
    uninjured
    not injured physically or mentally
    unbroken
    not broken; whole and intact; in one piece
    undamaged
    not harmed or spoiled; sound
    unimpaired
    not damaged or diminished in any respect
    intact, inviolate
    not injured physically or mentally
    uncut
    not cut
    unharmed, unhurt, unscathed, whole
    not injured
    unwounded
    not wounded
    safe
    free from danger or the risk of harm
    sound
    financially secure and safe
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Pronunciation
US
/ˈɪndʒərd/
UK
/ˈɪndʒəd/
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Vocabulary from "Beowulf" (translated by by Gummere).

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jur, jus, List 1

The Latin roots jur and jus refer to "law," "justice," and "taking an oath." Do you swear to practice these words to improve your law-related vocabulary?

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jur, jus, List 1

The Latin roots jur and jus refer to "law," "justice," and "taking an oath." Do you swear to practice these words to improve your law-related vocabulary?

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