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Hurt

Hurt Meaning & Definition
Hurt Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Hurt?

[n] the act of damaging something or someone
[n] a damage or loss
[n] feelings of mental or physical pain
[n] psychological suffering; "the death of his wife caused him great distress"
[n] any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
[adj] used of inanimate objects or their value
[adj] suffering from emotional injury; "a bruised ego"; "to salve her wounded feelings"; "an air of hurt innocence"; "a tone of hurt surprise"
[adj] suffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battle; "nursing his wounded arm"; "ambulances...for the hurt men and women"
[v] give trouble or pain to; "This exercise will hurt your back"
[v] feel pain or be in pain
[v] cause damage or affect negatively; "Our business was hurt by the new competition"
[v] cause anguish or make miserable
[v] hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised me ego"
[v] feel physical pain; "Were you hurting after the accident?"
[v] be the source of pain

Synonyms | Synonyms for Hurt: ache | anguish | bruise | bruised | damage | damaged | detriment | distress | harm | harm | injure | injure | injured | injury | offend | pain | scathe | smart | spite | suffer | suffer | suffering | trauma | weakened | wound | wounded

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See Also | abase | ache | act up | afflict | affront | agonise | agonize | agony | ail | anguish | arouse | be | bite | bite | bleeding | break | bruise | bump | burn | burn | burn | catch | cause to be perceived | chagrin | change of integrity | choke | comprehend | contusion | cryopathy | damage | damage | defacement | defloration | discomfit | discomfort | discompose | disconcert | disfiguration | disfigurement | dislocation | electric shock | elicit | enkindle | evoke | excruciate | expense | famish | fire | fracture | frostbite | gag | get | haemorrhage | harm | have | health problem | hemorrhage | humble | humiliate | hunger | hunger | hurt | ill health | impairment | impairment | indispose | injure | insect bite | insult | intravasation | irritation | itch | kill | kindle | lacerate | lesion | mortify | pain | pain | painfulness | perceive | pinch | prick | provoke | pull | rack | raise | rupture | self-torment | self-torture | shoot | smart | soreness | starve | sting | sting | sting | strain | strangle | suffer | suffocate | thirst | throb | throes | torment | torment | torture | torture | trouble | try | twinge | twist | unhealthiness | untune | upset | wale | weal | welt | wheal | whiplash | whiplash injury | wound | wound | wound | wound | wounding | wrench

Hurt In Webster's Dictionary

\Hurt\, n. (Mach.) (a) A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions. (b) A husk. See {Husk}, 2.
\Hurt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hurt}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hurting}.] [OE. hurten, hirten, horten, herten; prob. fr. OF. hurter, heurter, to knock, thrust, strike, F. heurter; cf. W. hyrddu to push, drive, assault, hwrdd a stroke, blow, push; also, a ram, the orig. sense of the verb thus perhaps being, to butt as a ram; cf. D. horten to push, strike, MHG. hurten, both prob. fr. Old French.] 1. To cause physical pain to; to do bodily harm to; to wound or bruise painfully. The hurt lion groans within his den. --Dryden. 2. To impar the value, usefulness, beauty, or pleasure of; to damage; to injure; to harm. Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt. --Milton. 3. To wound the feelings of; to cause mental pain to; to offend in honor or self-respect; to annoy; to grieve. ``I am angry and hurt.'' --Thackeray.

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