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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Injure \In"jure\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Injured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Injuring}.] [L. injuriari, fr. injuria injury, perh. through F. injurier to insult, in OF. also, to injure; or perhaps fr. E. injury, or F. injure injury. See {Injury}.] To do harm to; to impair the excellence and value of; to hurt; to damage; -- used in a variety of senses; as: (a) To hurt or wound, as the person; to impair soundness, as of health. (b) To damage or lessen the value of, as goods or estate. (c) To slander, tarnish, or impair, as reputation or character. (d) To impair or diminish, as happiness or virtue. (e) To give pain to, as the sensibilities or the feelings; to grieve; to annoy. (f) To impair, as the intellect or mind.
When have I injured thee? when done thee wrong? --Shak.
Syn: To damage; mar; spoil; harm; sully; wrong; maltreat; abuse; insult; affront; dishonor.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
injured \injured\ adjective
1. having received an injury;-- usually used of physical or mental injury to persons. Opposite of {uninjured}. [Narrower terms: {abraded, scraped, skinned ; {battle-scarred, scarred}; {bit, bitten, stung ; {black-and-blue, livid ; {bruised, contused, contusioned ; {bruised, hurt, wounded ; {burned}; {cut, gashed, slashed, split ; {disabled, hors de combat, out of action ; {disjointed, dislocated, separated ; {hurt, wounded ; {lacerated, mangled, torn}; {maimed, mutilated ] Also See: {broken}, {damaged}, {damaged}, {impaired}, {unsound}, {wronged}. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
2. subjected to an injustice.
Syn: aggrieved. [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
injured
adjective: usually used of physical or mental injury to persons; "injured soldiers"; "injured feelings" [ant: {uninjured}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
51 Moby Thesaurus words for "injured": aching, aggravated, aggrieved, anguished, bleeding, broken, bruised, burned, burst, busted, checked, chipped, cracked, crazed, cut, damaged, deteriorated, embittered, exacerbated, grieved, harmed, hurt, impaired, imperfect, in bits, in pieces, in shards, irritated, lacerated, mangled, mauled, mutilated, pained, rent, ruptured, scalded, scorched, shattered, slashed, slit, smashed, split, sprung, stung, the worse for, torn, weakened, worse, worse off, worsened, wounded
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