Synonyms for injured


Grammar : Adj
Spell : in-jer
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪn dʒər


Définition of injured

Origin :
  • mid-15c., "do an injustice to, dishonor," probably a back-formation from injury, or else from Middle French injuriier, from Latin injurare. Injury also served as a verb (late 15c.). Related: Injured; injuring.
  • adj harmed
Example sentences :
  • When I last saw her she was providing for five sick and injured ones.
  • Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
  • What if Remorse should assume the features of an injured friend?
  • Extract from : « The Haunted Mind (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Why need the huge mills feed the hospitals daily with injured men?
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • Like a woman, he found it difficult to forgive one who had injured those he loved.
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
  • When his vanity was injured, his blindness was almost inconceivable.
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
  • The groups of men bearing the injured are excellent targets.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
  • Both mates were injured also, and were off duty in consequence for several weeks.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • Cornell, it is stated, injured his machine to furnish an excuse for the stoppage of the work.
  • Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
  • When, where, did justice to the injured waken their hate and vengeance?
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • Injured men, shot from their saddles, were seeking to crawl out of the way.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler

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