Definitions for: Injurious


[adj] tending to cause great harm
[adj] harmful to living things; "deleterious chemical additives"



Webster (1913) Definition: In*ju"ri*ous, a. [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.

Synonyms: deleterious, evil, harmful, hurtful, malign

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