injuries

Meaning of injuries

plural noun
  1. an instance of being injured.
    she suffered an injury to her back
    an ankle injury
    head injuries
  2. damage to a person's feelings.
    compensation for injury to feelings

late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French injurie, from Latin injuria ‘a wrong’, from in- (expressing negation) + jus, jur- ‘right’.

Information about injuries

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of injuries is: injury.
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Hyphenation of injuries

in-juries

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • injuries is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

injuries synonyms

Meaning an injury to living tissue caused by a cut, blow, or other impact, typically one in which the skin is cut or broken:

wound

Meaning an injury appearing as an area of discoloured skin on the body, caused by a blow or impact rupturing underlying blood vessels:

bruise

Meaning a long, narrow incision in the skin made by something sharp:

cut

Meaning a long, deep cut or wound:

gash

Meaning a hole or split in something caused by it having been pulled apart forcefully:

tear

Meaning a tenant's regular payment to a landlord for the use of property or land:

rent

Meaning a long, deep cut made by a knife or sword:

slash

Meaning a chisel with a concave blade, used in carpentry, sculpture, and surgery:

gouge

Meaning a mark or wound made by scratching:

scratch

Meaning (of cattle, sheep, etc.) eat grass in a field:

graze

Meaning a deep cut or tear in skin or flesh:

laceration

Meaning an area damaged by scraping or wearing away:

abrasion

Meaning a region of injured tissue or skin in which blood capillaries have been ruptured; a bruise:

contusion

Meaning a region in an organ or tissue which has suffered damage through injury or disease, such as a wound, ulcer, abscess, or tumour:

lesion

Meaning a raw or painful place on the body:

sore

Meaning physical injury:

trauma

Meaning cruel and violent treatment of a person or animal:

abuse

Meaning an unjust, dishonest, or immoral act:

wrong

Meaning illegal or dishonest behaviour:

wrongdoing

Meaning an unjust act or occurrence:

injustice

Meaning a harmful action:

disservice

Meaning a real or imagined cause for complaint, especially unfair treatment:

grievance

Meaning an action or remark that causes outrage or offence:

affront

Meaning a disrespectful or scornfully abusive remark or act:

insult

Meaning an insult caused by a failure to show someone proper respect or attention:

slight

Meaning an act of rebuffing or ignoring someone or something:

snub

Meaning treatment or circumstances that cause one to feel shame or to lose one's dignity:

indignity

Meaning an extremely strong reaction of anger, shock, or indignation:

outrage

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