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Hurt

həːt

Hurt definitions

verb

Inflections:

hurt hurting hurts

cause pain or injury to

"Ow! You're hurting me!"

Synonyms:
injure wound damage disable incapacitate impair maim mutilate cause injury to cause pain to
- (of a part of the body) suffer pain
  
  "my back hurts"
- cause distress to
  
  "she didn't want to hurt his feelings"
- (of a person) feel distress
  
  "he was hurting badly, but he smiled through his tears"
be detrimental to

"high interest rates are hurting the local economy"

Synonyms:
harm damage do harm to be detrimental to weaken spoil mar blemish blight impair impede jeopardize undermine ruin wreck sabotage cripple
have a pressing need for

"Frank wasn't hurting for money"

adjective

Inflections:

hurt

physically injured

"he complained of a hurt leg and asked his trainer to stop the fight"
- distressed or offended by another person's behaviour
  
  "‘You know I care,’ he said, in a hurt voice"

noun

Inflections:

hurt hurts

physical injury; harm

"rolling properly into a fall minimizes hurt"

Synonyms:
harm injury wounding pain suffering discomfort soreness aching smarting stinging throbbing pangs
- emotional pain or distress
  
  "her eyes reflected her unhappiness and hurt"