Synonyms and antonyms

Part 19

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ANT. _Insignificant, trivial, inconsiderable, irrelevant, secondary, petty, mean, uninfluential, minor, unimportant._

=Importunate.= Urgent, pertinacious, pressing, teasing, busy, solicitous, overurgent, overentreative.

ANT. _Modest, diffident, self-reliant, self-respecting._

=Importune.= Urge, entreat, press, solicit, dun, beset, pester, tease, worry, trouble.

ANT. _Surrender, sacrifice, abandon; grant, bestow._

=Impose.= Put, set, lay, place; appoint, enjoin, prescribe; obtrude, palm off, pass; inflict, subject.

ANT. _Remove, disburden, unload, free; hold up, arrest, disclose._

=Imposing.= Stately, august, majestic, grand, noble, commanding, impressive; striking, effective, dignified.

ANT. _Petty, undignified, unimposing, insignificant, paltry, puny._

=Imposition.= Imposing, putting, placing, laying; burden, levy, tax, constraint, oppression, injunction; deception, fraud, artifice, trickery, imposture, cheating; presumption, exaction, encroachment.

ANT. _Sanction, warrant, authority; truth, verity, fact, certainty, verification, genuineness, authenticity, honesty._

=Impost.= Tax, duty, custom, excise, levy, toll, tribute, rate; imposition.

ANT. _Revenue, proceeds, exemption, immunity._

=Impostor.= Deceiver, pretender, cheat, hypocrite, knave, charlatan, mountebank, rogue, Pharisee, trickster, dissembler.

ANT. _Guide, enlightener, detector, undeceiver._

=Imposture.= Cheat, trick, deception, imposition, fraud, ruse, delusion, dodge, artifice, wile, deceit, stratagem, hoax.

ANT. _Truth, fact, verity, reality._

=Impotence.= Disability, incapacity, incompetence, powerlessness, weakness, inefficiency, infirmity, frailty, imbecility, inability, incapability, helplessness, disqualification.

ANT. _Capacity, vigor, qualification, ability._

=Impoverish.= Make poor or indigent, exhaust, deplete, rob, beggar, fleece, denude.

ANT. _Enrich, aggrandize, augment, store, enhance, endow._

=Impregnable.= Invincible, unassailable, invulnerable, immovable, inexpugnable, secure, tenable, irrefragable.

ANT. _Pregnable, weak, exposed, defenseless, expugnable._

=Impregnate.= Fecundate, imbue, infuse, tincture, saturate, fill, fertilize; mix, combine, insert, steep, vivify, teach.

ANT. _Remove, evolve, extricate, separate, destroy, quench, extinguish, be studious, learn._

=Impression.= Printing, stamping, imprinting; stamp, impress, brand; mark; sensation, effect, influence; notion, idea, opinion, fancy.

ANT. _Concept, apprehension, comprehension._

=Impressive.= Affecting, touching, moving, stirring, powerful, striking, overpowering; forcible, solemn, imposing, important.

ANT. _Weak, feeble, vapid, tame, unimpressive, dry, insignificant._

=Improve.= Mend, gain, become better, get on, gain ground; increase, rise, be enhanced; better, amend, ameliorate, rectify; progress; avail one’s self of, use, make productive; correct, reform.

ANT. _Debase, deteriorate, vitiate, spoil, mar, impair, injure, depress._

=Improvement.= Amending, bettering, amelioration, amendment, progress, efficiency, proficiency, advancement, use, betterment; increase, correction.

ANT. _Degeneracy, retrogradation, degeneration, debasement, deterioration, retrogression._

=Impudence.= Assurance, boldness, impertinence, pertness, rudeness, sauciness, effrontery, forwardness, incivility, insolence, presumption, officiousness, intrusiveness.

ANT. _Bashfulness, humility, diffidence, meekness, lowliness, modesty, submissiveness; coyness, obsequiousness, subserviency, abasement._

=Impugn.= Attack, assail, contradict, oppose, resist, gainsay, controvert, deny, blame.

ANT. _Declare, state, allege, approve, commend, defend, repel; propose, propound, confront, face._

=Impulse.= Thrust, push, impetus; passion, instinct, proclivity, inclination, appetite; motive, influence, incitement, instigation, incentive, force, sudden thought.

ANT. _Deliberation, premeditation, rebuff, repulse._

=Impulsive.= Propulsive, impelling, moving; hot, quick, rash, hasty, passionate; wayward, impressible.

ANT. _Discreet, hesitating, reluctant, timid, calculating, wary, cautious._

=Impute.= Ascribe, refer, charge, attribute, imply, insinuate.

ANT. _Withdraw, retract, recall; clear, justify, acquit._

=Inane.= Empty, void; worthless, trifling, vacuous, vain, puerile, frivolous; pointless, feeble, vapid, characterless.

ANT. _Significant, pointed, powerful, sensible, forcible._

=Inanition.= Emptiness, vacuity, inanity; vanity, folly, puerility, worthlessness, frivolousness; exhaustion, starvation.

ANT. _Fulness, repletion, plethora; significance, meaning._

=Inaugurate.= Install, invest, induct; celebrate; commence, begin, initiate, originate.

ANT. _Divert, deprive, conclude, terminate._

=Inauguration.= Investiture, installation, induction, consecration, institution, initiation; commencement, formal opening, beginning, origination.

ANT. _Dismissal, discharge; valediction, valedictory; close, conclusion, end, termination._

=Incandescence.= White heat, incalescence, glow.

ANT. _Iciness, refrigeration, congelation, crystallization._

=Incantation.= Sorcery, charm, enchantment, spell, magic, conjuration, witchcraft, witchery, necromancy; recitation, invocation.

ANT. _Evocation, exorcism._

=Incarnation.= Embodiment, impersonation, manifestation, exemplification, personification.

ANT. _Disembodiment, abstraction, spiritualization._

=Incendiarism.= Arson; conflagration.

ANT. _Extinction, quenching, annihilation._

=Incense=, _v._ Enrage, exasperate, irritate, provoke, inflame, anger, excite, heat, chafe, sting, nettle, gall.

ANT. _Allay, soothe, pacify, appease, conciliate, mollify._

=Incentive.= Inducement, incitement, spur, impulse, stimulant, goad, motive, cause, encouragement, rousing, excitation.

ANT. _Deterrent, prohibition, warning, discouragement, dissuasion._

=Inception.= Beginning, inauguration, commencement.

ANT. _Ending, finis, conclusion, termination._

=Incessant.= Ceaseless, continual, unceasing, unremitting, perpetual, constant, everlasting, eternal, uninterrupted, unintermittent.

ANT. _Periodic, occasional, intermittent, interrupted._

=Incidence.= Impact, stroke, impingement.

ANT. _Reflection, resilience, rebound._

=Incident=, _n._ Event, occurrence, circumstance, chance, accident, fact, adventure, casualty.

ANT. _Cause, antecedent, reason, tendency, inducement, influence._

=Incident=, =Incidental=, _a._ Happening, liable; belonging, pertaining, appertaining, natural, relating; falling, impinging; casual, occasional, pertinent, fortuitous, concurrent, concomitant, accidental.

ANT. _Regular, systematic, disconnected, independent, irrelative, inherent, essential, immanent, invariable, uniform._

=Incipient.= Beginning, inchoate, commencing, embryonic.

ANT. _Final, terminal._

=Inclemency.= Harshness, severity, rigor, roughness, boisterousness, storminess, tempestuousness.

ANT. _Clemency, mildness, leniency, gentleness._

=Inclement.= Harsh, tyrannical, cruel, unmerciful, severe, rigorous, stormy, rough, boisterous.

ANT. _Benign, clement, mild, genial, merciful._

=Inclination.= Inclining, slope, leaning, slant; trend, verging, obliquity; disposition, predilection, bent, bias, proclivity, proneness, tendency, leaning, aptitude, propensity; desire, wish, fondness, liking, partiality; aptness, attachment, affection.

ANT. _Tangency, disinclination, divergence, ineptitude, inaptness, dislike._

=Incline=, _v._ Slant, lean, slope; trend, verge, tend; be disposed, have a desire _or_ propensity; dispose, predispose, turn, bias; bend, bow; bear, dip, induce, prompt.

ANT. _Deter, restrain, check; ascend, rise; indispose, disincline._

=Include.= Hold, contain; comprise, embody, comprehend, embrace, take in.

ANT. _Exclude, leave out._

=Inclusive.= Enclosing, encircling; including, comprehending, embracing; comprehensive, additive, implied.

ANT. _Exclusive, excepted; adversative, opposite, contrary, antithetical._

=Income.= Revenue, profits, gains; proceeds, pay, allowance.

ANT. _Expenditure, disbursement, outlay, expense._

=Incongruous.= Inconsistent, unsuitable, absurd, conflicting, discordant, discrepant, repugnant, mismated, incompatible, inapposite, contrary, contradictory, inappropriate, inharmonious, ill-matched, irreconcilable, mismatched.

ANT. _Consistent, harmonious, suitable, accordant, agreeing, compatible._

=Increase=, _n._ Accession, growth, extension, augmentation, addition, enlargement, expansion, increment; product, produce, gain, profit; offspring, issue, progeny, descendants.

ANT. _Deduction, detraction, diminution, contraction, loss, waste, detriment, curtailment, reduction, expenditure, impoverishment._

=Increase=, _v._ Advance, heighten, pile up, enhance, aggregate, dilate, magnify, spread, augment, greaten, enlarge, raise; extend, prolong; aggravate, intensify; grow; multiply, be fruitful.

ANT. _Decrease, lessen, diminish, decline, abate, lower, reduce, curtail, retrench._

=Inculcate.= Infuse, impress, enforce, instil, implant, ingraft, urge, teach.

ANT. _Insinuate, suggest, abjure, disavow, denounce._

=Incumbent.= Obligatory, binding, devolving; lying, leaning, reclining, resting, weighing down, prone; coercive, indispensable, urgent; threatening, impending.

ANT. _Optional, discretional, elective, voluntary._

=Incur.= Contract, become liable to; bring on; meet, run.

ANT. _Avoid, shun._

=Incursion.= Inroad, raid, invasion, irruption, descent, foray, sally, encroachment.

ANT. _Encampment, retreat, abode, settlement._

=Indebted.= Owing, obliged, beholden, under obligation.

ANT. _Disobliged, unbeholden._

=Indeed.= Truly, really, verily, positively, absolutely, in fact, veritably, certainly, in truth; strictly, in point of fact.

ANT. _By no means, not at all._

=Indefatigable.= Unwearied, untiring, persevering, persistent, assiduous, sedulous, unremitting, never-tiring, unflagging; incessant, indomitable.

ANT. _Idle, indifferent, indolent._

=Indelible.= Ineffaceable, indestructible, ingrained, indefeasible, irreversible, persistent.

ANT. _Mutable, evanescent, transient, effaceable._

=Indemnify.= Secure, save; compensate, remunerate, reimburse, requite; satisfy.

ANT. _Fine, mulct, amerce._

=Indicate.= Show, denote, mark, betoken, signify, point out, designate, specify; evidence, evince, betray, manifest, declare.

ANT. _Conceal, misdirect, falsify, misindicate, negative, contradict._

=Indication.= Indicating sign, mark, note, index, symptom, token, hint, suggestion, manifestation; evidence, demonstration, proof, prognostic.

ANT. _Silence, surmise, misdirection, undemonstrativeness, misguidance, misindication._

=Indictment.= Indicting, presentment; accusation, charge, impeachment, arraignment, crimination.

=Indifference.= Neutrality, impartiality, disinterestedness; unconcern, apathy, coolness, negligence, carelessness, inattention, heedlessness; triviality, insignificance, unimportance; inferiority; insensibility, composure.

ANT. _Importance, interest, significance, weight, gravity, affection, ardor, eagerness._

=Indifferent.= Neutral, unbiased, impartial, disinterested; cool, unconcerned, unmoved, cold, inattentive, apathetic, dead, regardless, heedless, unmindful; equal, all the same, all one, just the same; passable, tolerable, ordinary, middling, mediocre, rather poor; lukewarm, careless.

ANT. _Anxious, careful, susceptible, sympathetic, sensitive._

=Indigent.= Poor, needy, destitute, necessitous, reduced, penniless, moneyless, distressed, insolvent, in want; impecunious, straitened.

ANT. _Wealthy, moneyed, rich, affluent, opulent._

=Indignation.= Resentment, anger, ire, wrath, fury, rage, exasperation, choler; denunciation, displeasure, protestation.

ANT. _Gratification, admiration, approval, applause, complacency._

=Indignity.= Insult, outrage, affront, slight, dishonor, abuse, disrespect, contumely, reproach, opprobrium, obloquy; rudeness, contemptuousness, ignominy, disgrace.

ANT. _Deference, compliment, honor, respect._

=Indiscriminate.= Undistinguishing, undiscriminating; mixed, confused, mingled, promiscuous, indistinguishable; ill-assorted, undiscerning.

ANT. _Careful, sorted, select, discerning._

=Indisposed.= Averse, disinclined, unwilling, reluctant, backward, loath; ill, ailing, sick.

ANT. _Prompt, willing, eager, desirous, inclined; healthful, sound._

=Indite.= Compose, write, dictate, pen; prompt, suggest, word, describe, phrase.

ANT. _Transcribe, copy, imitate, duplicate._

=Individual=, _n._ Person, personage, character, some one; unit, single instance; personality.

ANT. _Species, genus, family, kind._

=Individual=, _a._ Particular, special, separate, single, unique, one; peculiar, personal; positive, decided, unconventional, independent, specific, indivisible, singular, identical, idiosyncratic.

ANT. _General, common, collective, plural, universal._

=Individuality.= Personality, distinct existence; character, decision, self-direction, originality, self-determination, uniqueness.

ANT. _Generality, mediocrity._

=Indolence.= Laziness, sloth, inertness, idleness, sluggishness, slothfulness.

ANT. _Activity, energy._

=Indomitable.= Unyielding, unconquerable, invincible; untamable, irrepressible, indefatigable.

ANT. _Effortless, feeble, languid._

=Indorse.= Superscribe; sanction, approve, vouch for, confirm, ratify; accept.

ANT. _Protest, repudiate, renounce, abjure, cancel._

=Induce.= Influence, impel, move, prompt, instigate, persuade, actuate, urge, incite, spur, prevail upon; cause, produce, effect, bring on.

ANT. _Prevent, disincline, dissuade, deter, hinder, restrain._

=Induction.= Introduction, installation, inauguration, institution; conclusion, inference, generalization, inductive method; collection, collation, application.

ANT. _Statement, hypothesis; deduction; subtraction; principle, class, law, proposition, argumentation, discourse._

=Indulge.= Gratify, yield, satisfy; humor, pamper, favor; allow, permit, suffer, cherish, foster, harbor; spoil, revel, grovel.

ANT. _Thwart, deny, disappoint, discard, contradict, renounce, counteract, mortify, abjure, discipline._

=Indulgence.= Gratification, humoring, pampering; leniency, kindness, tenderness, favor, liberality.

ANT. _Abstinence, self-sacrifice, repression, restraint._

=Indulgent.= Yielding, compliant; lenient, mild, clement, tolerant, gentle, kind, tender, forbearing.

ANT. _Harsh, severe, rough, austere, self-controlled, abstinent._

=Industrious.= Diligent, active, busy, assiduous, engaged, employed, sedulous, occupied, laborious, hard-working; brisk, persistent, persevering.

ANT. _Lazy, shiftless, idle._

=Industry.= Diligence, labor, application, assiduity, attention, constancy, exertion, intentness, patience, perseverance, persistence, sedulousness, pains, effort, activity, toil.

ANT. _Idleness, inattention, neglect, negligence, sloth, remissness, changeableness, indolence, inconstancy, inactivity, fickleness, ease, indiligence._

=Ineffable.= Unspeakable, indescribable, inexpressible, unutterable; inconceivable, unsurpassable, undeclarable, exquisite, perfect.

ANT. _Common, trivial, superficial, vulgar, commonplace, conversational, colloquial, obvious._

=Inert.= Inactive, lifeless, dead, passive, motionless; dull, indolent, torpid, lazy, idle, supine, sluggish, slothful; heavy, dormant.

ANT. _Active, alert, brisk, energetic, quick, vigorous._

=Inevitable.= Necessary, unavoidable, infallible, certain, fixed, irresistible.

ANT. _Uncertain, avoidable, indeterminate._

=Infamy.= Dishonor, shame, disgrace, discredit, ignominy, opprobrium, scandal, obloquy, abasement; villainy, disgracefulness, wickedness, atrocity, shamefulness; despair, degradation.

ANT. _Honor, reputation, renown, glory, celebrity._

=Infantile.= Young, childish, tender; babyish, weak; childlike, babylike; puerile, imbecile.

ANT. _Manly, vigorous, mature, robust._

=Infatuation.= Folly, stupefaction, foolishness, prepossession, obsession; fatuity, hallucination, madness, self-deception.

ANT. _Sagacity, soundness, wisdom, sanity, clear-sightedness._

=Infection.= Contagion; contamination, taint, bane, pest, poison, corruption, defilement, vitiation, pollution.

ANT. _Purification, disinfection, antidote, antisepsis._

=Infectious.= Contagious, catching, pestilential, pestiferous; contaminating, corrupting, defiling, polluting, poisoning, vitiating.

ANT. _Wholesome, sanative, beneficial, antiseptic._

=Infer.= Deduce, conclude, gather, collect, consider probable; derive, argue.

ANT. _State, enunciate, assume, guess, conjecture, propound, anticipate, prognosticate._

=Inference.= Conclusion, deduction, corollary, consequence; generalization, induction.

ANT. _Statement, proposition, enunciation._

=Inferiority.= Subordination; deficiency, imperfection, minority, poverty, subjection, servitude, depression; mediocrity.

ANT. _Superiority, eminence, excellence, majority, elevation, independence, mastery, exaltation._

=Infernal.= Hellish; diabolical, devilish, fiendish, demoniacal, satanic, atrocious, nefarious, dark, accursed, abominable.

ANT. _Angelic, cherubic._

=Infest.= Throng, overrun, beset, swarm in; disturb, plague, annoy, tease, harass, trouble, molest, torment, worry, pester.

ANT. _Comfort, refresh, regale, gratify._

=Infidel.= Unbeliever, disbeliever, atheist, denier, freethinker, deist, skeptic, heretic.

ANT. _Believer, pietist, devotee, Christian._

=Infidelity.= Unbelief, disbelief, skepticism; faithlessness, unfaithfulness, disloyalty.

ANT. _Fidelity, belief, faith, religiousness, credulity, credulousness; faithfulness, loyalty._

=Infinite.= Absolute, illimitable, limitless, boundless, interminable, eternal, unlimited, unmeasured, measureless, unfathomable, unconditioned, numberless, unbounded, immeasurable, innumerable, countless.

ANT. _Brief, bounded, relative, short, limited, finite, restricted, transient, transitory, small, little, evanescent, circumscribed, measurable, moderate, narrow, shallow; infinitesimal._

=Infinitesimal.= Minute, atomic, microscopic, inappreciable, inconspicuous, undiscernible, infinitely small.

ANT. _Enormous, vast, infinite, immeasurable._

=Infinitude=, =Infinity=. Boundlessness, vastness, immensity; infiniteness; eternity, absoluteness, self-determination, self-existence.

ANT. _Relativity._

=Infirm.= Weak, feeble, frail, debilitated, enfeebled, weakened; faltering, wavering, irresolute, vacillating; unsound, unstable, insecure; decrepit, lame, failing, impotent.

ANT. _Sound, forcible, firm, strong, sure, cogent, healthy, healthful._

=Infirmity.= Weakness, decrepitude, debility, feebleness, frailness, frailty; foible, fault, failing, defect; disease, malady, unsoundness.

ANT. _Strength, vigor, unhealthfulness, soundness._

=Inflame.= Excite, stimulate, incite, enkindle, rouse, animate, inspirit, work up, fire; irritate, exasperate, anger, nettle, provoke, enrage, incense, madden, infuriate; fan, embitter.

ANT. _Quench, extinguish, allay, cool, pacify, quiet._

=Inflate.= Distend, expand, swell, bloat, blow up; puff up, make conceited; increase, enlarge.

ANT. _Exhaust, empty, flatten, squeeze, compress._

=Inflated.= Distended, swollen, bloated; tumid, turgid, bombastic, stilted, declamatory, rhetorical, sophomorical, high-flown; pompous.

ANT. _Simple, plain, unaffected, concise, laconic, explicit, brief._

=Inflection.= Bend, bending, curvature, flexure, crook; variation, declension, conjugation, comparison; flexion.

ANT. _Straightness, directness, rectilinearity._

=Inflict.= Impose, lay on, put on; afflict.

ANT. _Spare, remove, alleviate, suspend._

=Infliction.= Imposition, inflicting; punishment, judgment; grievance, trouble, nuisance.

ANT. _Remission, sparing; pleasure, gratification; accommodation, condoning._

=Influence=, _n._ Authority, ascendency, control, predominance, sway; reputation, weight of character, credit; influx, inflow; effect, causation, impulse, affection, power, weight, prestige.

ANT. _Inefficiency, ineffectiveness, inefficacy, nullity, inoperativeness, neutrality._

=Influence=, _v._ Induce, incite, incline, persuade, move, stir, actuate, sway, compel, urge, instigate, prompt, lead, impel, excite, drive, draw, direct, bias.

ANT. _Prevent, restrain, retard, deter, discourage, impede, inhibit, hinder, dissuade._

=Influential.= Potent, powerful, controlling; efficacious, persuasive, forcible, guiding, considerable; authoritative.

ANT. _Weak, ineffective, inoperative, inconsiderable, unpersuasive._

=Inform.= Quicken, animate, inspire; acquaint, apprise, mention to, notify, advise, tell; educate, enlighten, instruct, impart, communicate.

ANT. _Misinstruct, misjudge, deceive, hoodwink, misinform, mystify._

=Information.= Advice, notice, intelligence; knowledge; accusation, complaint, denunciation; instruction, counsel, notification.

ANT. _Concealment, mystification, ignorance, occultation._

=Infringe.= Transgress, violate, break, disobey, nullify.

ANT. _Preserve, observe, conserve, maintain._

=Infuse.= Instil, inspire, introduce, inculcate, implant, diffuse, shed, steep, soak, water, infiltrate, insinuate, breathe into.

ANT. _Strain, dry, drain, divert, retract._

=Ingenious.= Inventive, gifted, able, clever, bright, ready, sagacious, adept, skilful.

ANT. _Unskilful, uninventive, slow, unready, unresourceful, unprepared, unapt._

=Ingenuity.= Inventiveness, ingeniousness, acuteness, skill, ability, readiness, faculty, aptitude, cunning, turn, gift, genius.

ANT. _Inability, ineptitude, clumsiness._

=Ingenuous.= Artless, open, candid, frank, sincere, straightforward, honest, transparent, guileless, truthful, childlike, naive, noble, generous, honorable.

ANT. _Mean, reserved, sly, insincere, disingenuous._

=Ingratiate.= Commend one’s self into favor, insinuate, recommend.

ANT. _Alienate, estrange._

=Ingredient.= Element, component, constituent.

ANT. _Refuse, residuum, incongruity, counteragent._

=Inherent.= Sticking fast, adhering; essential, immanent, inborn, inbred, native, natural, subjective, innate, intrinsic, inhering, congenital, indispensable, indwelling, infixed, internal, ingrained, inseparable, inwrought.

ANT. _Extrinsic, superficial, fortuitous, casual, accidental, external, outward, superfluous, transient, unconnected, supplemental, incidental, subsidiary, superadded; foreign, extraneous, separable, temporary._

=Inherit.= Get as legacy; occupy, possess, enjoy.

ANT. _Acquire, earn, gain, squander, bequeath, leave, demise, devise; dissipate, alienate._

=Inheritance.= Inheriting; heritage, patrimony; bequest, possession, legacy.

ANT. _Acquisition, purchase, donation; forfeiture, lapse; escheatment, alienation._

=Inheritor.= Heir, successor, legatee, devisee.

ANT. _Testator, devisor._

=Inimical.= Antagonistic, hostile, unfriendly; adverse, opposed, contrary, repugnant, noxious, pernicious, hurtful, harmful.

ANT. _Friendly, companionable, comradely; unanimous, agreeable, beneficial._

=Iniquity.= Injustice, wickedness, sin, unrighteousness; crime, offense, misdeed, grievance, evil-doing.

ANT. _Justice, integrity, virtue, holiness, honesty, uprightness._

=Initiation.= Introduction, entrance, admission; instruction; opening, beginning, inauguration, commencement.

ANT. _Termination, completion, finish, fulfilment, outcome._

=Initiative.= Commencement, beginning; power to originate or begin; start, leadership, example.

ANT. _Termination, wake, rear; prosecution, progress, perseverance, accomplishment._

=Injunction.= Command, order, mandate, precept, exhortation.

ANT. _Disobedience, non-observance, non-compliance, insubordination._

=Injure.= Maltreat, wrong, abuse; harm, damage, spoil, mar, disfigure, wound, cripple, sully.

ANT. _Benefit, profit, advantage, advance, repair._

=Injurious.= Wrong, unjust, iniquitous; hurtful, detrimental, pernicious, deleterious, noxious, deadly, mischievous, baneful, fatal, destructive, damaging, ruinous, disadvantageous; libelous, slanderous; prejudicial.