different between injurious vs malevolent

English

Etymology

From Middle English injurious, from Anglo-Norman enjurius, from Latin ini?ri?sus; analysable as injury +? -ous.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?d??????s/, /?n?d??????s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?d???i.?s/, /?n?d??i.?s/
• Hyphenation: in?ju?ri?ous

Adjective

injurious (comparative more injurious, superlative most injurious)

1. Causing physical harm or injury; harmful, hurtful.
2. Causing harm to one's reputation; invidious, defamatory, libelous, slanderous.

Synonyms

• scathel, harmful, hurtful; see also Thesaurus:harmful
• defamatory, invidious, libelous, slanderous; see also Thesaurus:defamatory

Derived terms

Translations

Middle English

Alternative forms

• injuryos

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman enjurius, from Latin ini?ri?sus; equivalent to injurie +? -ous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in?d?iu??riu?s/, /in?d?iu?rius/

Adjective

injurious (rare, Late Middle English)

1. (of speech) Rude, offensive, distasteful.
2. Morally wrong or evil; potentially dangerous.

Descendants

• English: injurious

References

• “inj?ri?us, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-24.

English

Etymology

From Middle English *malevolent (suggested by Middle English malevolence), from Old French malivolent and Latin malevolentem, from male (“badly, wrongly”) + volens (“willing, wishing”), from velle (“to wish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??l?v?l?nt/

Adjective

malevolent (comparative more malevolent, superlative most malevolent)

1. Having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others.
2. Having an evil or harmful influence.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:evil

Antonyms

• benevolent

Derived terms

• malevolently

Related terms

• malevolence

Translations