injure
/ˈɪndʒə/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈɪndʒə/
injure
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
in - jure -> injure
Myanmar meaning
(v) အနာတရဖြစ်သည်၊ ဖြစ်စေသည်။ ထိခိုက်စေသည်။
Full entry
၁။ အနာတရဖြစ်သည်၊ ဖြစ်စေသည်။ He fell off his bicycle and injured himself/ his arm. ❍ She was slightly/ seriously/ badly injured in a road accident.
၂။ ထိခိုက်စေသည်။ Such malicious gossip could seriously injure her reputation.
❏ injured adj
၁။ ဒဏ်ရာရသော။ အနာတရဖြစ်သော။ an injured man/ leg.
၂။ နစ်နာသော။ (esp law ) the injured party (ie the person who has been treated unfairly).
၃။ ထိခိုက်သော။ injured pride ❍ an injured look/ voice.
❏ the injured n [pl v ] (မတော်တဆဖြစ်မှု၊ တိုက်ပွဲ စသည်၌) ဒဏ်ရာရသူများ။ Ambulances took the injured to hospital. ❍ WOUND1
More examples
Synonyms
damage, harm, harmed, hurt, wound, wounded, abuse, aggrieve, batter, blemish, blight, break, bring to ruin, burn, clean out, contort, cripple, cut, cut up, deface, deform, dilapidate, disable, disfigure, distort, distress, do in, draw blood, foul, foul up, grieve, hack up, impair, lay waste, maim, make a mess of, maltreat, mangle, mar, mutilate, pain, pique, prejudice, ruin, ruination, scar, shake up, spoil, spoilate, sting, tarnish, torment, torture, total, undermine, use up, vitiate, wax, weaken, wreak havoc on, wrecker, wrong
Antonyms
Cross references
Study this word
Pattern match
Example practice
Mini quizWhat is the Myanmar meaning of “injure”?
Try to say the meaning first, then reveal the answer.