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
Related Terms | Find terms related to Hurt: abomination |
abrade |
abrasion |
abuse |
ache |
aches and pains |
aching |
affect |
afflict |
afflicted |
affront |
aggravate |
aggravated |
aggrieve |
aggrieved |
agonize |
agonized |
agony |
ail |
anguish |
anguished |
atrocity |
bad |
bane |
bang |
bang into |
bankruptcy |
barb the dart |
bark |
befoul |
befoulment |
bewitch |
bite |
blanch |
bleed |
bleeding |
blemish |
blench |
blight |
bloody |
blow |
break |
breakage |
breakdown |
broken |
bruise |
bruised |
bump |
bump into |
burn |
burned |
burst |
busted |
cannon |
carom |
carom into |
chafe |
check |
checked |
chip |
chipped |
clash |
claw |
collapse |
collide |
come into collision |
concuss |
concussion |
condemn |
confront each other |
constrain |
convulse |
convulsed |
corrupt |
corruption |
crack |
crack up |
cracked |
crackle |
crack-up |
cramp |
crash |
crash into |
craze |
crazed |
cripple |
crippling |
crucified |
crucify |
crump |
crunch |
crying evil |
curse |
cut |
cut up |
damage |
damaged |
dash into |
defective |
defile |
defilement |
dejected |
deprave |
depress |
depressed |
depression |
despoil |
despoliation |
destroy |
destruction |
deteriorate |
deteriorated |
detriment |
dilapidate |
dilapidated |
dilapidation |
disable |
disablement |
disadvantage |
disappoint |
discomfort |
dismal |
disrepair |
disserve |
distress |
distressed |
do a mischief |
do evil |
do ill |
do wrong |
do wrong by |
dolor |
doom |
drawback |
embitter |
embittered |
encounter |
encroachment |
endamage |
envenom |
evil |
exacerbate |
exacerbated |
excruciate |
fall foul of |
feel pain |
feel the pangs |
fester |
flash burn |
foul |
fracture |
fray |
frazzle |
fret |
gall |
gash |
get into trouble |
give offense |
give pain |
give umbrage |
gloomy |
gnaw |
go hard with |
grate |
grief |
grievance |
grieve |
grieved |
grimace |
grind |
gripe |
handicap |
harass |
harm |
harmed |
harrow |
harrowed |
have a misery |
havoc |
hex |
hit |
hit against |
hobbling |
hurt the feelings |
hurting |
hurtle |
ill |
impair |
impaired |
impairment |
imperfect |
impinge |
in bits |
in distress |
in pain |
in pieces |
in shards |
incapacitate |
incapacitation |
incise |
incision |
infect |
infection |
inflame |
inflict pain |
infringement |
injure |
injured |
injury |
inroad |
irritate |
irritated |
jinx |
kill by inches |
knock |
knock against |
lacerate |
lacerated |
laceration |
lame |
lesion |
liability |
loss |
loss of ground |
maim |
maiming |
make mincemeat of |
make worse |
malaise |
maltreat |
mangle |
mangled |
mar |
marred |
martyr |
martyred |
martyrize |
martyrized |
maul |
mauled |
mayhem |
meet |
melancholy |
menace |
mischief |
misery |
mistreat |
misuse |
molest |
mortal wound |
mournful |
mutilate |
mutilated |
mutilation |
nasty blow |
nip |
offend |
on the rack |
outrage |
pain |
pained |
pang |
passion |
percuss |
persecute |
pierce |
pinch |
play havoc with |
play hob with |
poison |
pollute |
pollution |
pound |
prejudice |
prick |
prolong the agony |
puncture |
put back |
put to torture |
rack |
racked |
rankle |
rasp |
rend |
rent |
rip |
rub |
rueful |
ruin |
ruination |
ruinousness |
rum |
run |
run into |
rupture |
ruptured |
sabotage |
sad |
sadness |
savage |
scald |
scalded |
scarred |
scathe |
Schmerz |
scorch |
scorched |
scotch |
scrape |
scratch |
scratched |
scuff |
second-degree burn |
shattered |
shock |
shoot |
shrink |
sickening |
sideswipe |
skin |
slam into |
slash |
slashed |
slit |
smack into |
smart |
smash |
smash into |
smash up |
smashed |
sore |
sore spot |
sorrowful |
spasm |
split |
spoil |
spoiling |
sprain |
sprung |
stab |
stab wound |
step backward |
stick |
sting |
strain |
stress |
stress of life |
strike |
strike against |
stroke |
stung |
suffer |
suffer anguish |
suffering |
taint |
tarnish |
tear |
tender spot |
the worse for |
the worst |
third-degree burn |
threaten |
thrill |
throb |
throes |
tingle |
torment |
tormented |
torn |
torture |
tortured |
toxin |
trauma |
traumatize |
tweak |
twinge |
twist |
twist the knife |
twisted |
twitch |
under the harrow |
unhappy |
upset |
venom |
vexation |
violate |
vitiate |
weaken |
weakened |
weakening |
whomp |
wince |
woe |
woebegone |
worn |
worse off |
worsen |
worsened |
wound |
wounded |
wounds immedicable |
wreak havoc on |
wrench |
wretched |
wring |
writhe |
wrong |
wronged |
wrung
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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