Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Injurious"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Injurious \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
injurious
adj 1: harmful to living things; "deleterious chemical additives"
[syn: {deleterious}, {hurtful}]
2: tending to cause great harm [syn: {evil}, {harmful}]
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