injury
noun
[ ˈɪn(d)ʒ(ə)ri ]
• an instance of being injured.
• "she suffered an injury to her back"
Similar:
wound,
bruise,
cut,
gash,
tear,
rent,
slash,
gouge,
scratch,
graze,
laceration,
abrasion,
contusion,
lesion,
sore,
trauma,
• damage to a person's feelings.
• "compensation for injury to feelings"
Similar:
offence,
abuse,
wrong,
wrongdoing,
injustice,
disservice,
grievance,
affront,
insult,
slight,
snub,
indignity,
slap in the face,
outrage,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French injurie, from Latin injuria ‘a wrong’, from in- (expressing negation) + jus, jur- ‘right’.
