v. Function: verb
1 to deplete the soundness, strength, effectiveness, or perfection of something FF1C; injured her prestige by making rash statements FF1E;
Synonyms: blemish, damage, harm, hurt, impair, mar, prejudice, spoil, tarnish, vitiate
Related Words: disserve; disadvantage; endamage, weaken; blight, queer; foul up, louse up; contort, deface, deform, disfigure, distort; bespatter, foul, smirch; disable, incapacitate
Contrasted Words: assist, help, succor; better, enhance, improve; benefit; strengthen
Antonyms: aid
2
Synonyms: DISTRESS 2, aggrieve, constrain, grieve, hurt, pain
Idioms: do dirt to
3 to inflict bodily hurt on FF1C; was injured in an auto accident FF1E;
Synonyms: hurt, wound
Related Words: damage, harm; afflict, torment, torture; batter, cripple, maim, mangle, mutilate
Idioms: draw blood