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hurt (hʉrt)

transitive verb hurt, hurt′·ing

  1. to cause physical pain or injury to; wound
  2. to harm or damage in some way; be bad for
  3. to cause mental distress or pain to; wound the feelings of; offend

Etymology: ME hurten, to knock, hurt < OFr hurter, to push, thrust, hit, prob. < Frank *hurt, a thrust, blow (as by a ram); akin to ON hrūtr, a ram

intransitive verb

  1. to cause injury, damage, or pain
  2. to give or have the sensation of pain; be sore a leg that hurts
  3. to be a source of inconvenience, difficulty, or trouble

noun

  1. the act or an instance of hurting; pain, injury, or wound
  2. harm, wrong, or damage
  3. something that wounds the feelings

adjective

injured; damaged

hurt Synonyms

hurt

modif.

wounded, injured, damaged, harmed, marred, impaired, shot, warped, struck, contused, bruised, stricken, battered, buffeted, mauled, hit, stabbed, mutilated, lacerated, disfigured, blemished, pained, in pain, disturbed, suffering, distressed, tortured, agonized, in a serious state, unhappy, slightly wounded, grazed, scratched, severely wounded, sorely hurt, nicked*, winged*; see also wounded.

Antonyms aided, helped, assisted.

hurt Synonyms

hurt

n.

  1. A wound

    blow, gash, ache; see injury 1, pain 1.

  2. Damage

    ill-treatment, harm, persecution; see damage 1, disaster, misfortune 1.

hurt Synonyms

hurt

v.

  1. To cause pain

    cramp, squeeze, cut, bruise, tear, pain, torment, try, afflict, kick, puncture, do violence, slap, abuse, administer punishment, flog, whip, whack, torture, gnaw, stab, pierce, maul, cut up, harm, damage, injure, wound, lacerate, harrow, convulse, prick, sting, do evil, chafe, bite, flail, give pain, grate, martyr, inflict pain, rasp, excruciate, burn, grind, rack, wring, nip, fret, crucify, martyrize, tweak, gripe, agonize, thrash, punch, prolong the agony, pinch, gall, spank, chastise, punish, pummel, lace, flail, buffet, drub, smite, trounce, scourge, flagellate, lambaste, baste, lash, cudgel, bastinado, belabor, birch, cane, switch, sandbag, cause pain, anguish, distress, displease, discommode, discompose, incommode, put out, give someone the works*, give no quarter*, barb the dart*, work over*, lay up*, wrack up*, wallop*, blackjack*, belt*, slug*; see also beat 2.

    Antonyms comfort*, ease*, soothe. *

  2. To harm

    damage, maltreat, injure, spoil; see damage 1, destroy 1.

  3. To distress

    worry, outrage, trouble; see bother 2, 3, disturb 2.

  4. To give a feeling of pain

    be sore, ache, throb, pain, be tender, be bruised, sting, bother, burn, irritate.

hurt implies a wounding physically or emotionally or a causing of any kind of harm or damage the rumors hurt his business; injure implies the marring of the appearance, health, soundness, etc. of a person or thing injured pride; harm more strongly suggests the pain or distress caused he wouldn't harm a fly; damage stresses the loss, as in value, usefulness, etc., resulting from an injury damaged goods; to impair something is to cause it to deteriorate in quality or to lessen in value, strength, etc. impaired hearing; spoil implies such serious impairment of a thing as to destroy its value, usefulness, etc. rain spoiled the party, the canned food was spoiled

hurt Usage Examples

Object

  • anybody: Not because I want to throw mud, or to hurt anybody but I only wanted to warn people.
  • feeling: Clearly, that is much more important than hurt feelings from being left home, right?
  • anyone: Not wanting to hurting anyone 's feelings, you nod.
  • bridesmaid: This unfortunately often hurts the bridesmaid 's chances of looking pretty during the ceremony.
  • pride: Bidlake, in what appears to have been a bout of hurt pride or possibly pique, refused to submit a second design.
  • somebody: But you hurt somebody 's feelings and eh, you cannot kiss it better.

Adjective modifier

emotional: The memory of the unresolved emotional hurt would create dissonance until it is properly processed.

Modifying Another Word

  • badly: A Kurdish man was badly hurt during the attack in Hull.
  • seriously: How nobody ever got seriously hurt I shall never know.
  • physically: PAT General Secretary Philip Parkin said: Bullying is not just about physically hurting others.
  • deeply: How then can British Moslems have seen the cartoons to be deeply hurt?
  • emotionally: These personalities are good at talking and listening, but the sensitive rooster can be easily hurt emotionally.
  • really: Changes to this page can really hurt the mental model users have formed of the web site over time.

Noun used with modifier

Everybody: Had there been the time or the inclination, Alex could have taken Tainted Love or Everybody Hurts.

Used with why or when

when: Deafness: the facts Looking after your ears Why do my ears hurt when I fly?

Preposition: in

  • collision: In 2004, 39 % of all child pedestrians hurt in a collision on a non built-up road were killed or seriously injured.
  • accident: Over 300,000 people are hurt in road traffic accidents, 5 % of them children.
  • explosion: Shuttlesworth took a neighbor who was hurt in the explosion to the hospital.
  • incident: The woman was not hurt in the incident but was left shaken.

Preposition: like

hell: Wish me luck, cause it hurts like hell!

Browse dictionary entries near hurt

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