injured
injured Lexical Profile
injured Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Harmed, damaged, or impaired physically.
"The veterinarian carefully examined the injured bird before bandaging its wing."
Offended, wronged, or suffering from emotional hurt (often used of pride, feelings, or tone).
"He replied in an injured tone after his suggestion was dismissed by the committee."
• verb
To do physical harm or damage to someone or something (past tense and past participle of injure).
"She injured her knee during the final minutes of the championship match."
To impair or harm something intangible, such as a reputation, pride, or prospects (past tense and past participle of injure).
"The false allegations severely injured his standing in the academic community."
• noun
People who have suffered physical harm or damage (usually preceded by 'the' and treated as plural).
"Emergency medical teams arrived quickly to transport the injured to the nearest hospital."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Derived from the verb injure, which comes via Old French from the Latin noun injuria ('wrong, hurt, or injustice'), formed from the prefix in- ('not') and jus, juris ('right' or 'law').