injured

in-jured · adjective

imported

Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Having suffered physical harm or damage to part of the body.

  2. 2.

    Feeling hurt emotionally or having one's feelings damaged.

  3. 3.

    (as noun: the injured) People who have been hurt, especially in an accident or disaster.

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    injured party — the person who has been wronged in a dispute
  • •
    injured reserve — (sports) a list of players too injured to compete

Related words

Antonyms: healthy, unharmed, uninjured
See also: injure, injury, wound
Synonyms: harmed, hurt, wounded

Etymology

From Latin iniuria ("wrong, injustice, hurt"), from in- ("not") + ius ("right, law"). The word entered English through Old French injurier.