English verb: injure | |||
1. | injure (body) cause injuries or bodily harm to | ||
Synonyms | wound | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | hurt | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | break, bruise, calk, concuss, contuse, disable, excruciate, fracture, graze, handicap, harm, hit, incapacitate, invalid, knife, maim, overstretch, pip, pull, rick, run down, run over, scrape, shock, shoot, skin, sprain, stab, subluxate, torment, torture, trample, traumatise, traumatize, turn, twist, wrench, wrick | ||
2. | injure (emotion) hurt the feelings of | ||
Samples | She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests. This remark really bruised my ego. | ||
Examples | Sam cannot injure Sue | ||
Synonyms | bruise, hurt, offend, spite, wound | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | abase, affront, chagrin, diss, humble, humiliate, insult, lacerate, mortify, sting | ||
3. | injure (change) cause damage or affect negatively | ||
Samples | Our business was hurt by the new competition. | ||
Synonyms | hurt | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | damage | ||