injurious
Likely to wound
Injurious means causing harm or damage.
The word applies to physical harm injurious to health but more often describes actions that damage reputation, interests, or rights: The rumors proved injurious to her career.
Injurious is somewhat formal; harmful works in most contexts where injurious would.
Causing loss or injury
- detrimentalCausing harm or damage
- deleteriousCausing harm or damage
- adverseHarmful or opposed
- perniciousGradually and subtly harmful
noxious · prejudicial · baneful · baleful · disadvantageous · unfavorable · impairing · debilitating
Apt to cause harm
- unsafeLikely to cause harm
- perilousFraught with danger
- riskyInvolving possible harm
- harmfulCausing damage or injury
threatening · toxic · poisonous · noxious · lethal · venomous · carcinogenic · contaminated
Harming someone's good name
- libelousFalsely damaging someone's reputation
- slanderousFalsely damaging to reputation
- tortiousConstituting a civil wrong
- actionableAble to be acted upon
negligent · liable · wrongful · malicious · culpable · prosecutable · punishable · indictable
Showing contempt through words
- derogatoryExpressing criticism or disrespect
- disparagingExpressing negative judgment
- abusiveCausing harm or insult
- pejorativeTerm expressing disapproval
vituperative · scathing · contemptuous · disrespectful · demeaning · degrading · belittling · maligning
damaging
Causing loss or injury
- detrimentalCausing harm or damage
- deleteriousCausing harm or damage
- adverseHarmful or opposed
pernicious · noxious · prejudicial · baneful · baleful · disadvantageous · unfavorable · impairing · debilitating · ruinous
dangerous
Apt to cause harm
harmful · threatening · toxic · poisonous · noxious · lethal · venomous · carcinogenic · contaminated · pathogenic
defamatory
Harming someone's good name
- libelousFalsely damaging someone's reputation
- slanderousFalsely damaging to reputation
- tortiousConstituting a civil wrong
actionable · negligent · liable · wrongful · malicious · culpable · prosecutable · punishable · indictable · compensable
insulting
Showing contempt through words
- derogatoryExpressing criticism or disrespect
- disparagingExpressing negative judgment
- abusiveCausing harm or insult
pejorative · vituperative · scathing · contemptuous · disrespectful · demeaning · degrading · belittling · maligning · calumnious
injuriousbeneficial
Producing good results
helpful · healing · curative · salutary · therapeutic