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injured

adjective

Simple meaning

Suffering from an injury.

Pronunciation

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injerd

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IPA pronunciation (US)

ˈɪndʒɚd

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Definition

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adjective

  1. Suffering from an injury

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
B1 · Intermediate (estimated)
Frequency
Common
Typical Use
Everyday English

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injured partyseriously injuredinjured personseverely injuredbadly injuredinjured patientinjured employee

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Inflected forms

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  • injureverbBase word

    Cause injuries or bodily harm to.

Word family

Words built from the same root.

  • injurynounDerived noun · specialist

    Any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.

Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

  • injured partynounCompound term

    Someone injured or killed in an accident.

More about this wordSynonyms, forms, origin

Synonyms

Sense: suffering from an injury

woundedharmedcontusedRare

Antonyms

Sense: suffering from an injury

uninjured

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