To impair or diminish, as happiness or virtue.
To impair, as the intellect or mind.
1. Hurt or harm 2. Violate the legal rights of another person.
cause injuries or bodily harm to
hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised me ego"
cause damage or affect negatively; "Our business was hurt by the new competition"
To harm, hurt, or wound. The word injure may be in physical or emotional sense. Treadmill machines may injure anyone who gets on one. Sexual molestation injures children. From the Latin injuria meaning injury.
verb, to cause physical or mental suffering to; to wound