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   Hurt

   /hərt/

   

   verb

   • 1. cause physical pain or injury to: "Ow! You're hurting me!" Similar injurewounddamagedisableincapacitateimpairmaimmutilatecause injury tocause pain tobruisecutgashgrazescrapescratchlacerateabusetorturemaltreatill-treatmolestOpposite heal
   • ▪ (of a part of the body) suffer pain: "my back hurts" Similar be painfulbe sorebe tendercause paincause discomfortachesmartstingburntinglethrobinformal:be killingbe playing upOpposite be healed
   • ▪ cause mental pain or distress to (a person or their feelings): "she didn't want to hurt his feelings" Similar distresspainwoundoffendstingupsetsaddendevastatemortifygrieveaggrievebe hurtful tohurt someone's feelingscause sorrowcause sufferingcause anguishmake unhappygive offense tocut to the quickOpposite pleasecomfort
   • ▪ (of a person) feel mental pain or distress: "he was hurting badly, but he smiled through his tears"
   • ▪ be detrimental to: "high interest rates are hurting the local economy" Similar harmdamagedo harm tobe detrimental toweakenspoilmarblemishblightimpairimpedejeopardizeundermineruinwrecksabotagecrippleinformal:foul upOpposite benefitimprove
   • ▪ have a pressing need for: "Frank wasn't hurting for money"

   adjective

   • 1. physically injured: "he complained of a hurt leg and asked his trainer to stop the fight"
   • ▪ distressed or offended by another person's behavior: "“You know I care,” he said, in a hurt voice"

   noun

   • 1. physical injury; harm: "rolling properly into a fall minimizes hurt" Similar harminjurywoundingpainsufferingdiscomfortsorenessachingsmartingstingingthrobbingpangsbruisegrazescrapecutgashscratchlaceration
   • ▪ mental pain or distress: "the hurt of being constantly ignored" Similar distresspainsufferinggriefmiseryanguishtormenttraumawoeupsetsadnesssorrowwretchednessharmdamageinjurytroublemisfortuneafflictionwrongdetrimentdisadvantagedisbenefitinformal:mischiefOpposite joy

   Word Origin Middle English (originally in the senses ‘to strike’ and ‘a blow’): from Old French hurter (verb), hurt (noun), perhaps ultimately of Germanic origin.

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