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injurious

Meaning

Causing or likely to cause damage, detriment, or impairment.

Examples by difficulty

Basic: Simple, everyday vocabulary — the easiest to read.

He knew his words were injurious, like tiny stones thrown at her spirit. Each harsh remark chipped away at her confidence, leaving her feeling hurt and diminished. He saw the damage his careless speech was causing, the way it brought her down.

The constant buzzing from the unfinished antenna felt like a tiny, insistent drill inside my skull. He warned me the frequencies were still unstable, their uncontrolled bursts potentially injurious to the delicate sonic crystals. If they shattered, all our work would be lost.

The old gears ground, spitting rust. He knew continued use was injurious to the antique clockwork. Each tick was a risk, the metal straining, threatening to crack. It was a gamble, pushing the machine closer to breaking for just one more chime.

My pet hamster, Sir Reginald, has a very injurious habit of mistaking my socks for delicious snacks. He chews holes in them, leaving them quite damaged and unfit for wearing. It's rather detrimental to my sock collection.

My pet rock, Bartholomew, has a habit of rolling off the shelf. Each plummet is quite injurious to the antique vase below, a fact Bartholomew seems blissfully unaware of, probably because he's a rock and rocks don't feel things. This is, of course, injurious to my growing collection of chipped porcelain.

Normal: Standard, everyday language.

The fumes from the factory were clearly injurious, making everyone in town cough and their eyes water. Even the plants near the river seemed to wilt, their leaves turning a sickly brown. It was a slow, painful decline, and everyone knew this constant pollution was doing serious damage.

The constant gnawing hunger was becoming truly injurious. It wasn't just discomfort anymore; the lack of sustenance was visibly weakening him, making his usual careful work with the bioluminescent fungi dangerously clumsy. He feared a slip would be disastrous.

The old, sun-bleached fishing net snagged on the coral reef, its rough fibers tearing. I knew the damage would be injurious, snagging passing sea turtles and cutting their delicate skin. The thought of their suffering made my stomach clench.

My new diet is proving quite injurious. Yesterday, I tried to sneak a cookie and the resulting stomach cramps felt like I'd swallowed a grumpy badger. My attempts at mindful eating are causing significant detriment to my dessert enjoyment.

Bartholomew, a particularly enthusiastic ferret, believed that "creative expression" involved gnawing on antique doorknobs. His owner, Mrs. Higgins, constantly warned him that such an activity was injurious to the priceless brass, but Bartholomew, convinced he was a miniature art critic, simply flicked his tail, preparing for his next, highly damaging, masterpiece.

Advanced: Richer vocabulary that stretches an upper-level reader.

The fumes from the factory were truly injurious, making the air thick and heavy. Neighbors complained of persistent coughs and watery eyes, a clear sign of the damage the pollution was doing to their lungs and overall well being.

The prolonged exposure to the volatile chemical compound proved quite injurious to the ancient parchment. Its brittle fibers began to disintegrate, threatening the complete loss of the inscribed celestial navigation data, vital for future deep-space charting. The researchers felt a chilling dread at the prospect of this irreparable damage.

The prolonged exposure to the flickering, low-frequency hum of the bio-luminescent algae was proving injurious. Subtle neurological shifts began, a creeping disorientation that dulled the crew's focus. If they didn't find a way to stabilize the light source, the mission's success was at risk.

After years of questionable life choices, Bartholomew's stomach lining was developing a particularly injurious relationship with neon green slushies and entire pizza pies. This sustained, self-inflicted abuse was proving quite detrimental to his digestive tract, much to the grim fascination of his physician.

The particularly aggressive badger, convinced the garden gnome was hoarding his prize-winning petunias, launched a series of surprisingly injurious nips at the ceramic figurine. Such pointless hostilities were, thankfully, only slightly injurious to the gnome’s painted smile, but decidedly alarming for nearby earthworms.

Challenging: Rare, high-register vocabulary for serious word lovers.

He knew the rumors were injurious to his reputation, each whispered insinuation chipping away at years of hard-won trust. The sheer maliciousness of their pronouncements promised significant damage to his livelihood.

The prolonged exposure to the volatile etheric resonance proved surprisingly injurious to the bio-luminescent fungal colonies. Their ethereal glow, once a vibrant cascade of pulsating azure, now flickered weakly, a testament to the pervasive, detrimental forces at play. This insidious impairment threatened the delicate symbiosis of the subterranean ecosystem.

The sustained exposure to unfiltered chroniton radiation proved profoundly injurious to the temporal navigation matrix, causing cascading systemic failures that imperiled the entire expedition's timeline. Each shimmering wave of exotic particles chipped away at the delicate quantum entanglement, threatening to unravel their very existence.

Ignorance, my friends, is not bliss; it is an injurious accomplice to calamitous enterprises. Consider the fellow who believed his pet python possessed diplomatic immunity, a truly egregious misconception. Such profoundly misguided notions are demonstrably injurious to one's personal well-being and any surrounding flora and fauna.

The rogue sentient cheese grater, Bartholomew, possessed a decidedly injurious disposition. Its abrasive pronouncements and incessant metallic scraping were utterly detrimental to the delicate sensibilities of the assembled dignitaries, whose powdered wigs began to visibly disintegrate under its relentless, grating admonishments.

Difficulty

Advanced — Less frequent words that stretch an upper-level vocabulary.

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