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injured

injured

4 3.3
Feeling hurt or offended by what someone says
  • adjective
  • /ˈɪnʤərd/
translation icon : dolido
  • "By all means, search me if you must," she said with injured dignity.
  • injured party

So somebody makes a random comment and you feel it in the beginning, you're injured.

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Examples

  • This recrimination against Armenia stinks of injured pride and a bruised ego.

  • Margaret sat for a moment without breathing, mistrustful as an injured animal being released into the wild.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • Take you in as an injured friend.

    Swamp Devil (2008)

  • In some way, he viewed her as an injured being who needed his protection.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • As she opened the door and prepared to get out, she continued to look at me with injured, earnest eyes.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • It it it has those qualities, but underneath it is a deep sense of shame, feeling small, injured, empty.

    Dad Saves America

  • In this duel, Sarzay was the injured party since he was accused of lying.

    Blog text (11)

  • She felt injured when her friend made an unkind remark about her appearance.

  • After the argument, he walked away, feeling injured by her harsh words.

  • The criticism in his review left her feeling deeply injured and unappreciated.

Synonyms

aggrieved
vsinjured
14 7.2

Feeling upset, angry, or hurt because someone treats you unfairly

is general emotional hurt rather than specifically from unfair treatment
pained
vsinjured
5 4.9

Feeling hurt, upset or uncomfortable

is felt as personal hurt rather than mainly showing discomfort
offended
vsinjured
3 2.3

Feeling hurt because someone said or did something rude

is a general emotional hurt rather than a strong, dramatic insult
stung
vsinjured
4.7

Feeling hurt and angry because someone treated you badly

is hurt feeling without necessarily being driven to anger
royally offended
vsinjured
  • Informal
7.5

Feel very hurt and angry because someone insulted you

is emotional hurt generally, not usually so extreme or theatrical

Antonyms

comforted
1 2.1

Feeling less upset because someone is kind to you

Compounds

injured party
4 5.5

A person who is physically harmed by an accident or crime

sanctuary for injured wild animal
4.1

A place where injured wild animals get care and recover safely

How Hurt

heartbroken
67 3.2
injured
4 3.3
upset
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

injured positive

Morphology

injured = injure (semi-transparent) = injure + ed

Formed regularly from 'injure' + -ed, but the emotional/figurative sense (feeling hurt or offended) is a metaphorical extension and less directly predictable.

Etymology

Injured comes from an old word meaning 'wrong' — the prefix in- means 'not' and the same root is in justice, which is about what is 'right'. That's why injured can also mean feeling emotionally 'hurt' or 'upset', as when someone's words make you feel treated unfairly.