Injuriousness

Injuriousness
Injuriousness In*ju"ri*ous*ness, n. The quality of being injurious or hurtful; harmfulness; injury. [1913 Webster]

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  • injuriousness — index adversity, detriment, mischief Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • injuriousness — injurious ► ADJECTIVE 1) causing or likely to cause injury. 2) (of language) maliciously insulting; libellous. DERIVATIVES injuriously adverb injuriousness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • injuriousness — noun see injurious …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • injuriousness — See injuriously. * * * …   Universalium

  • injuriousness — n. harmfulness; hurtfulness; offensiveness, abusiveness …   English contemporary dictionary

  • injuriousness — in·ju·ri·ous·ness …   English syllables

  • injuriousness — noun destructiveness that causes harm or injury • Syn: ↑harmfulness • Derivationally related forms: ↑injurious, ↑harmful (for: ↑harmfulness) • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • harmfulness — noun 1. destructiveness that causes harm or injury • Syn: ↑injuriousness • Derivationally related forms: ↑injurious (for: ↑injuriousness), ↑harmful • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Detrimentalness — Det ri*men tal*ness, n. The quality of being detrimental; injuriousness. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • injurious — adjective Date: 15th century 1. inflicting or tending to inflict injury ; detrimental < injurious to health > 2. abusive, defamatory < speak not injurious words George Washington > • injuriously adverb • injuriousness …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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