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INJURED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Harmed
Example:
injured soldiers
Classified under:
Similar:
battle-scarred (scarred by battle)
black-and-blue; livid (discolored by coagulation of blood beneath the skin)
disjointed; dislocated; separated (separated at the joint)
eviscerate (having been disembowelled)
hurt; wounded (suffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battle)
lacerate; lacerated; mangled; torn (having edges that are jagged from injury)
raw (having the surface exposed and painful)
Also:
broken (physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split)
damaged (harmed or injured or spoiled)
impaired (diminished in strength, quality, or utility)
unsound (not sound financially)
Antonym:
uninjured (not injured physically or mentally)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Emotionally hurt or upset or annoyed
Example:
injured feelings
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
displeased (not pleased; experiencing or manifesting displeasure)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb injure
Context examples:
"Now, Jo, do you think I'd look your mother in the face and say 'All right', if it wasn't?" and Laurie stopped short, with an injured air.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
My estimate is that the probability to be injured by one of these fragments is similar to the probability of being hit by lightning twice in the same year, Krag added.
(Scientists Track Chinese Space Station as It Falls to Earth, VOA)
On Wednesday, the strong tremor left five dead and, by early reports, at least 30 injured.
(Aftershocks increase death toll of magnitude 6.3 earthquake in southern Philippines, Wikinews)
Many children who are injured during birth improve or recover by 3 to 4 months of age.
(Brachial Plexus Injuries, NIH)
Acute pain lets you know that you may be injured or have a problem you need to take care of.
(Chronic Pain, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
But as I was not in a condition to resent injuries, so upon mature thoughts I began to doubt whether I was injured or no.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
An institution that provides medical, surgical, or psychiatric care and treatment for the sick or the injured.
(Hospital, NCI Thesaurus)
“And so has every man,” cried Hawtayne in an injured voice.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Yes, to me whom he has maligned and injured.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Every body seemed injured by me.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
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