hurt

[ hurt ]

/ hɜrt /

verb (used with object), hurt, hurt·ing.

to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.

to cause bodily pain to or in: The wound still hurts him.

to damage or decrease the efficiency of (a material object) by striking, rough use, improper care, etc.: Moths can't hurt this suit because it's mothproof. Dirty oil can hurt a car's engine.

to affect adversely; harm: to hurt one's reputation; It wouldn't hurt the lawn if you watered it more often.

to cause mental pain to; offend or grieve: She hurt his feelings by not asking him to the party.

verb (used without object), hurt, hurt·ing.

to feel or suffer bodily or mental pain or distress: My back still hurts.

to cause bodily or mental pain or distress: The blow to his pride hurt most.

to cause injury, damage, or harm.

to suffer want or need.

noun

a blow that inflicts a wound; bodily injury or the cause of such injury.

injury, damage, or harm.

the cause of mental pain or offense, as an insult.

Heraldry. a rounded azure.

adjective

physically injured: The hurt child was taken to the hospital.

offended; unfavorably affected: hurt pride.

suggesting that one has been offended or is suffering in mind: Take that hurt look off your face!

damaged: hurt merchandise.

Origin of hurt

1150–1200; (v.) Middle English hurten, hirten, herten to injure, damage, stumble, knock together, apparently < Old French hurter to knock (against), oppose (compare French heurter, orig. dial.), probably a verbal derivative of Frankish *hûrt ram, cognate with Old Norse hrūtr; (noun) Middle English < Old French, derivative of the v.

SYNONYMS FOR hurt

3 mar, impair.

5 afflict, wound.

6 ache.

10 See injury.

12 cut, slight.

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OTHER WORDS FROM hurt

hurt·a·ble, adjective hurt·er, noun un·hurt, adjective un·hurt·ing, adjective

Words nearby hurt

hursinghar, hurst, hurstmonceux, hurston, hurston, zora neale, hurt, hurter, hurtful, hurtle, hurtleberry, hurtless

Example sentences from the Web for hurting

That kind of compassion might go a long way toward helping us begin to respond to a hurting world.

In 2015, Let’s Try for More Compassion |Gene Robinson |January 4, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
“Hurting others or destroying property is not the answer,” the elder Brown had said last week in a public-service video.

Darren Wilson Wasn’t Indicted—the System Was |Michael Daly |November 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
So you know that a bunch of political people say, ‘Well, it is not deep enough, and some people are hurting.’

Connecticut Governor Dan Malloy to Democrats: Grow a Pair |David Freedlander |November 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
This can be associated with the idea of the dead as tricking those and hurting those who have hurt them.

Joseph Campbell on the Roots of Halloween |Joseph Campbell |October 31, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Her brother Mulbah Sirleaf said Dedee could not be there to greet her child because her “heart was hurting.”

‘Her Survival Was a Miracle’: The 6-Year-Old Who Beat Ebola |Wade C.L. Williams |October 23, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
I was too surprised, too perplexed, too—well, afraid of hurting her.

The Confession |Mary Roberts Rinehart
She knew then that the man who had that girl's love could not be hurt in the way she had been hurting.

Fidelity |Susan Glaspell
We have all along been too timid, too self indulgent, and too much afraid of hurting the feelings of the game-hogs.

Our Vanishing Wild Life |William T. Hornaday
May I speak quite frankly without any fear of hurting your feelings?

The Dangerous Age |Karin Michalis
But she saw the tears in the corners of his eyes, and refrained from hurting him.

The Song of Songs |Hermann Sudermann

British Dictionary definitions for hurting (1 of 2)

hurt ¹

/ (hɜːt) /

verb hurts, hurting or hurt

to cause physical pain to (someone or something)

to cause emotional pain or distress to (someone)

to produce a painful sensation in (someone) the bruise hurts

(intr) informal to feel pain

noun

physical, moral, or mental pain or suffering

a wound, cut, or sore

damage or injury; harm

adjective

injured or pained physically or emotionally a hurt knee; a hurt look

Derived forms of hurt

hurter, noun

Word Origin for hurt

C12 hurten to hit, from Old French hurter to knock against, probably of Germanic origin; compare Old Norse hrūtr ram, Middle High German hurt a collision

British Dictionary definitions for hurting (2 of 2)

hurt ²

whort (hwɜːt)

/ (hɜːt) /

noun

Southern English dialect another name for whortleberry

Idioms and Phrases with hurting

hurt

see not hurt a fly.

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hurt

verb (used with object), hurt, hurt·ing.

verb (used without object), hurt, hurt·ing.

noun

adjective

Origin of hurt

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verb hurts, hurting or hurt

noun

adjective

Derived forms of hurt

Word Origin for hurt

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whort (hwɜːt)

noun

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hurt

verb (used with object), hurt, hurt·ing.

verb (used without object), hurt, hurt·ing.

noun

adjective

Origin of hurt

SYNONYMS FOR hurt

OTHER WORDS FROM hurt

Words nearby hurt

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verb hurts, hurting or hurt

noun

adjective

Derived forms of hurt

Word Origin for hurt

British Dictionary definitions for hurting (2 of 2)

whort (hwɜːt)

noun

Idioms and Phrases with hurting

British Dictionary definitions for hurting (1 of 2)