Definitions for injury

injury in·ju·ry

Spelling: [in-juh-ree]
IPA: /ˈɪn dʒə ri/

Injury is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 40 anagrams from letters in injury (ijnruy).

Definitions for injury

noun

  1. harm or damage that is done or sustained:
  2. a particular form or instance of harm:
  3. wrong or injustice done or suffered.
  4. Law. any wrong or violation of the rights, property, reputation, etc., of another for which legal action to recover damages may be made.
  5. Obsolete. injurious speech; calumny.

Origin of injury

1350-1400; Middle English injurie Latin injūria unlawful conduct, injustice, equivalent to in- in-3 + jūr-, stem of jūs right, law (see j

Examples for injury

I am sure the injury you speak of could not have happened when he was in charge.

Who among you ever received an injury from that kind old man?

Even before his injury, the strain had begun to tell on him.

Insult to injury, its $43 million gross was less than one-fifth of what Ted took in.

I saw that he feared me and wished to make sure that I had it not in my power to do him some injury.

But the passengers' right of action for injury would be very limited.

It was like a constant assault, an almost stupefying catalogue of mindless racial insult and injury.

But tell me why you think my endeavours to make you believe as I did never did you injury?

To add insult to injury, he procured male escorts while traveling for school business.

And thus I end up at the bottom of the stairs, about one month after my injury and two months after my wedding.

Word Value for injury
Scrable

16

Words with friends

19

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