injury

Meanings

Plural: injuries

Noun

any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
an accident that results in physical damage or hurt
a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat
an act that causes someone or something to receive physical damage
wrongdoing that violates another's rights and is unjustly inflicted
Damage to the body of a living thing.
Other forms of damage sustained by a living thing, e.g. psychologically.
The violation of a person's reputation, rights, property, or interests.
Injustice.

Verb

To wrong, to injure.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English injurie, from Anglo-Norman injurie, from Latin iniūria (“injustice; wrong; offense”), from in- (“not”) + iūs, iūris (“right, law”). Doublet of injuria.

Synonyms

accidental injury, combat injury, dere, harm, hurt, injury, lesion, scath, scathe, trauma, wound

Scrabble Score: 16

injury is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
injury is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
injury is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 19

injury is a valid Words With Friends word