adj.

1. Causing or tending to cause injury; harmful: eating habits that are injurious to one's health.
2. Slanderous; libelous: made injurious statements about his rival.

injuriously in·ju'ri·ous·ly adv.
injuriousness in·ju'ri·ous·ness n.

adjective

1. Causing harm or injury: bad, deleterious, detrimental, evil, harmful, hurtful, ill, mischievous. See help/harm/harmless.
2. Damaging to the reputation: calumnious, defamatory, detractive, invidious, scandalous, slanderous. Law libelous. See attack/defend, crimes, law.

adj

Definition: hurtful
Antonyms: aiding, assisting, beneficial, constructive, curing, favorable, fixing, good, healing, helpful, mending, nice

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: harmful to living things
  Synonyms: deleterious, hurtful

Meaning #2: tending to cause great harm
  Synonyms: evil, harmful

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - sårende, skadelig, ødelæggende

Nederlands (Dutch)
schadelijk, smadelijk, nadelig, beledigend

Français (French)
adj. - nuisible, préjudiciable à, blessant, offensant, injurieux

Deutsch (German)
adj. - schädlich, ungerecht, beleidigend

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - επιζήμιος

Italiano (Italian)
nocivo, ingiurioso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - prejudicial

Русский (Russian)
губительный, оскорбительный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - dañoso, nocivo, perjudicial, injurioso, ofensivo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - skadlig, kränkande, smädlig

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
有害的

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 有害的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 해가 되는, 불법의, 모욕적인

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 有害な, 不法な, 中傷的な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مؤذ, ضار, مهين‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מזיק, פוגע, מעליב‬

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