Synonyms and Antonyms of injure
1
to cause bodily damage to
- injured himself while skiing
batter, bloody, blow out, bruise, contuse, cut, gash, gore, lacerate, scald, scar, scathe, strain, tear
crease, graze, nick
cripple, hamstring, lame, maim, mangle, mutilate
abuse, aggrieve, afflict, maltreat, torment, torture
lay up
blemish, impair, mar, scrape, spoil
2
to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of
- the agent's treachery has injured our national security for years to come
blemish, bloody, break, compromise, crab, cripple, cross (up), damage, deface, disfigure, endamage, flaw, harm, hurt, impair, mar, spoil, vitiate
deteriorate, enervate, enfeeble, undermine, weaken
erode, scour, wash out, wear (away)
blight, tarnish
dent, ding, dint
botch, gum (up), queer
lacerate, wound
disable, hamstring, lame, maim, mangle, mutilate, torment, torture
annihilate, bang up, bash, batter, clobber, crush, dash, decimate, demolish, desolate, destroy, devastate, do in, pulverize, raze, ruin, scourge, shatter, smash, tear down, total, waste, wipe out, wreck
cure, heal, help, rectify, rehabilitate, remedy
edit, remodel, revise
ameliorate, better, enhance, enrich, improve, meliorate, perfect, refine