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in·jure

(ĭn′jər)

tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures

a. To cause physical harm to; hurt: The accident injured the passengers. The fall injured his knee.

b. To experience injury in (oneself or a body part): She injured her ankle climbing down the hill.

a. To cause damage to; impair: The gossip injured his reputation.

b. To commit an injustice or offense against; wrong: people who were injured by the false accusations.

3. To cause distress to; wound: injured their feelings.

[Middle English injuren, to wrong, dishonor, from Old French injurier, from Latin iniūriārī, from iniūria, a wrong; see injury.]

in′jur·er n.

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Adj.

injured - harmed; "injured soldiers"; "injured feelings"

broken - physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split; "a broken mirror"; "a broken tooth"; "a broken leg"; "his neck is broken"

damaged - harmed or injured or spoiled; "I won't buy damaged goods"; "the storm left a wake of badly damaged buildings"

impaired - diminished in strength, quality, or utility; "impaired eyesight"

unsound - not sound financially; "unsound banking practices"

uninjured - not injured physically or mentally

injured

adjective

1. hurt, damaged, wounded, broken, cut, crushed, disabled, weakened, bruised, scarred, crook (Austral. & N.Z. slang), fractured, lamed, mutilated, maimed, mangled The injured man had a superficial stomach wound.

2. wronged, abused, harmed, insulted, offended, tainted, tarnished, blackened, maligned, vilified, mistreated, dishonoured, defamed, ill-treated, maltreated, ill-used As yet, there has been no complaint from the injured party.

3. upset, hurt, wounded, troubled, bothered, undermined, distressed, unhappy, stung, put out, grieved, hassled (informal), disgruntled, displeased, reproachful, cut to the quick compensation for injured feelings

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Translations

جَريح، جَرْحىمَجْروحمَجْرُوحٌ

raněnýuraženýzraněný

kvæstetsåret

verletzt

τραυματισμένος

herido lesionado dolido

loukkaantunut

blessé offensé

ozlijeđen

særîurslasaîur

ferito feriti

傷ついた

상처 입은

ranjenranjenci

skadad

ที่ได้รับบาดเจ็บ

yaralanmış yaralı incinmiş

bị thương

受伤的受损害的

injured

[ˈɪndʒəd]

A. ADJ

1. (physically) [person, animal, limb] → herido, lesionado; [player] → lesionado

2. (fig) [tone, look] → dolido; [feelings] → herido
to give sb an injured look → mirar a algn con expresión dolida
to say sth in an injured tone → decir algo con tono dolido
injured pride → orgullo m herido

3. (Jur) the injured party → la parte perjudicada

B. NPL there were four injured → hubo cuatro heridos
the injured → los heridos

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injured

[ˈɪndʒə^rd]

adj

[person, animal] → blessé(e); [leg, arm, hand] → blessé(e)

[pride] → blessé(e); [tone] → offensé(e)
a look of injured pride → un regard où se lisait l'orgueil blessé
injured feelings → des blessures d'amour-propre injured party

npl
the injured → les blessés mplinjured party n (= victim) → partie f lésée

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injured

[ˈɪndʒəd]

1. adj (person, leg) → ferito/a; (tone, feelings) → offeso/a

2. npl the injured → i feriti

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injure

(ˈindʒə) verb

to harm or damage. He injured his arm when he fell; They were badly injured when the car crashed; A story like that could injure his reputation; His pride has been injured.

ˈinjured adjective

1. (also noun) (people who have been) wounded or harmed. The injured (people) were all taken to hospital after the accident.

2. (of feelings, pride etc) hurt. `Why didn't you tell me before?' he said in an injured voice.

injurious (inˈdʒuəriəs) adjective

(with to) harmful. Smoking is injurious to one's health.

ˈinjury – plural ˈinjuries – noun

(an instance of) harm or damage. Badly designed chairs can cause injury to the spine; The motorcyclist received severe injuries in the crash.

injured

→ مَجْرُوحٌ zraněný såret verletzt τραυματισμένος lesionado loukkaantunut blessé ozlijeđen ferito 傷ついた 상처 입은 gewond såret ranny ferido раненный skadad ที่ได้รับบาดเจ็บ yaralanmış bị thương 受伤的

injured

a. pp. de to injure, lastimado-a, dañado-a; herido-a.

There are some people injured → Je tam několik zraněných → Einige Leute sind verletzt → Hay varios heridos → Ihmisiä on loukkaantunut → Il y a des blessés → Neke su osobe ozlijeđene → Ci sono dei feriti → 怪我人がいます → 다친 사람들이 있어요 → Er zijn mensen gewond geraakt → Noen mennesker er skadet → Jest kilku rannych → Tem algumas pessoas feridas → Есть пострадавшие → Det är några skadade → Yaralılar var → 有人受伤了
Someone's injured (US)
Someone is injured (UK) → Někdo je zraněn → Nogen er kommet til skade → Jemand ist verletzt → Hay un herido → Joku on loukkaantunut → Il y a un blessé → Ima ozlijeđenih → Qualcuno è ferito → 誰か怪我をしています → 다친 사람이 있어요 → Iemand is gewond geraakt → Det er en som er skadet → Ktoś jest ranny → Alguém está ferido → Есть пострадавший → Det är någon som är skadad → Birisi yaralandı → Có người bị thương → 有人受伤了
She's seriously injured (US)
She is seriously injured (UK) → Ona je vážně zraněná → Hun er alvorligt skadet → Sie ist schwer verletzt → Está herida de gravedad → Hän on vakavasti loukkaantunut → Elle est gravement blessée → Ona ima ozbiljne ozljede → È ferita gravemente → 그 여자는 크게 다쳤어요 → Ze is ernstig gewond → Hun er alvorlig skadet → Ona jest poważnie ranna → Ela está gravemente ferida → Hon är allvarligt skadad → Ağır yaralı → Chị ấy bị thương nặng → 她的伤情很严重

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When horses are injured, are they improved or deteriorated?

And will not men who are injured be deteriorated in that which is the proper virtue of man?

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In this way you have enemies in all those whom you have injured in seizing that principality, and you are not able to keep those friends who put you there because of your not being able to satisfy them in the way they expected, and you cannot take strong measures against them, feeling bound to them.

In conclusion, I say that these colonies are not costly, they are more faithful, they injure less, and the injured, as has been said, being poor and scattered, cannot hurt.

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From an attachment to her husband, which in itself does honour to both, she cannot forgive the endeavours at preventing their union, which have been attributed to selfishness in Lady Susan; but in this case, as well as in many others, the world has most grossly injured that lady, by supposing the worst where the motives of her conduct have been doubtful.

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But, Michael, sliding helplessly down the perpendicular bottom of the crate, fetched up with his full weight on the injured paw.

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There ensued a terrible tumult; a large number of persons were seriously injured. J.

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SOCRATES: Nor when injured injure in return, as the many imagine; for we must injure no one at all?

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The more he was thus injured, the more and the harder did Patsy bat.

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"But all this does not tell us," said Athos, "how you injured your boat."

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Mrs Partridge could not bear this imputation with patience; and having no other remedy in the present place but tears, she called forth a plentiful assistance from them, and then addressing herself to Mr Allworthy, she said (or rather cried), "May it please your worship, there never was any poor woman so injured as I am by that base man; for this is not the only instance of his falsehood to me.

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'You are severe,' returned he, bowing slightly and drawing himself up with a proud yet injured air.