| hurt (hûrt) v. hurt, hurt·ing, hurts v.tr.1. To cause physical damage or pain to; injure. 2. To cause mental or emotional suffering to; distress. 3. To cause physical damage to; harm: The frost hurt the orange crop. 4. To be detrimental to; hinder or impair: The scandal hurt the candidate's chances for victory. v.intr.1. To have or produce a feeling of physical pain or discomfort: My leg hurts. 2. a. To cause distress or damage: Parental neglect hurts. b. To have an adverse effect: "It never hurt to have a friend at court" Tom Clancy. 3. Informal To experience distress, especially of a financial kind; be in need: "Even in a business that's hurting there's always a guy who can make a buck" New York. n.1. Something that hurts; a pain, injury, or wound. 2. Mental suffering; anguish: getting over the hurt of reading the letter. 3. A wrong; harm: What hurt have you done to them?
[Middle English hurten, possibly from Old French hurter, to bang into, perhaps of Germanic origin.]
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hurt Verb [hurting, hurt] 1. to cause physical or mental injury to: is she badly hurt? 2. to cause someone to feel pain: my head hurt 3. Informal to feel pain: she was hurting Noun physical or mental pain or suffering Adjective injured or pained: his hurt head, a hurt expression [Old French hurter to knock against] hurtful adj
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Noun | 1. |  hurt - any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.brain damage - injury to the brain that impairs its functions (especially permanently); can be caused by trauma to the head, infection, hemorrhage, inadequate oxygen, genetic abnormality, etc. birth trauma - physical injury to an infant during the birth process blast trauma - injury caused the explosion of a bomb (especially in enclosed spaces) blunt trauma - injury incurred when the human body hits or is hit by a large outside object (as a car) bruise, contusion - an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration bump - a lump on the body caused by a blow burn - an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation dislocation - a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column) electric shock - trauma caused by the passage of electric current through the body (as from contact with high voltage lines or being struck by lightning); usually involves burns and abnormal heart rhythm and unconsciousness fracture, break - breaking of hard tissue such as bone; "it was a nasty fracture"; "the break seems to have been caused by a fall" cryopathy, frostbite - destruction of tissue by freezing and characterized by tingling, blistering and possibly gangrene pinch - an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed rupture - state of being torn or burst open strain - injury to a muscle (often caused by overuse); results in swelling and pain whiplash, whiplash injury - an injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an automobile accident) wale, weal, welt, wheal - a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions wound, lesion - an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin) wrench, pull, twist - a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments; "the wrench to his knee occurred as he fell"; "he was sidelined with a hamstring pull" | | 2. | hurt - psychological suffering; "the death of his wife caused him great distress"painfulness, pain - emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid; "the pain of loneliness" tsoris - (Yiddish) trouble and suffering wound - a figurative injury (to your feelings or pride); "he feared that mentioning it might reopen the wound"; "deep in her breast lives the silent wound"; "The right reader of a good poem can tell the moment it strikes him that he has taken an immortal wound--that he will never get over it"--Robert Frost | | 3. | hurt - feelings of mental or physical painpainfulness, pain - emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid; "the pain of loneliness" agony, torment, torture - intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain; "an agony of doubt"; "the torments of the damned" throes - violent pangs of suffering; "death throes" | | 4. | hurt - a damage or lossexpense - a detriment or sacrifice; "at the expense of" | | 5. | hurt - the act of damaging something or someoneimpairment - damage that results in a reduction of strength or quality defacement, disfiguration, disfigurement - the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something; "the defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion"; "he objected to the dam's massive disfigurement of the landscape" burn - damage inflicted by fire defloration - an act that despoils the innocence or beauty of something | | Verb | 1. |  hurt - be the source of painsting, bite, burn - cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face" burn - feel hot or painful; "My eyes are burning" itch - have or perceive an itch; "I'm itching--the air is so dry!" thirst - feel the need to drink act up - make itself felt as a recurring pain; "My arthritis is acting up again" throb - pulsate or pound with abnormal force; "my head is throbbing"; "Her heart was throbbing" shoot - cause a sharp and sudden pain in; "The pain shot up her leg" | | 2. | hurt - give trouble or pain to; "This exercise will hurt your back"indispose - cause to feel unwell; "She was indisposed" pain, ail, trouble - cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed disagree with - not be very easily digestible; "Spicy food disagrees with some people" | | 3. | hurt - cause emotional anguish or make miserable; "It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school"break someone's heart - cause deep emotional pain and grief to somebody; "The young man broke the girl's heart when he told her was going to marry her best friend" try - give pain or trouble to; "I've been sorely tried by these students" | | 4. | hurt - cause damage or affect negatively; "Our business was hurt by the new competition"damage - inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree" | | 5. | hurt - hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego"affront, diss, insult - treat, mention, or speak to rudely; "He insulted her with his rude remarks"; "the student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone" lacerate - deeply hurt the feelings of; distress; "his lacerating remarks" sting - cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging; "His remark stung her" | | 6. |  hurt - feel physical pain; "Were you hurting after the accident?"perceive, comprehend - to become aware of through the senses; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon" catch, get - suffer from the receipt of; "She will catch hell for this behavior!" twinge - feel a sudden sharp, local pain kill - be the source of great pain for; "These new shoes are killing me!" | | 7. | hurt - feel pain or be in painhave - suffer from; be ill with; "She has arthritis" be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" | | Adj. | 1. |  hurt - suffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battle; "nursing his wounded arm"; "ambulances...for the hurt men and women"injured - harmed; "injured soldiers"; "injured feelings" | | 2. | hurt - damaged inanimate objects or their valuedamaged - harmed or injured or spoiled; "I won't buy damaged goods"; "the storm left a wake of badly damaged buildings" |
hurt verb 4. upset, distress, pain, wound, annoy, sting, grieve, afflict, sadden, cut to the quick, aggrieve noun 5. distress, suffering, pain, grief, misery, agony, sadness, sorrow, woe, anguish, heartache, wretchedness << OPPOSITE happiness adjective 8. upset, pained, injured, wounded, sad, crushed, offended, aggrieved, miffed ( informal) rueful, piqued, tooshie Austral. ( slang) << OPPOSITE calmed  Translations hurt [həːt] [ pl hurt] vt → hacer daño a [+ business, interests etc]; perjudicaradj → lastimado; I hurt my arm → me lastimé el brazo; where does it hurt? → ¿dónde te duele?
 hurt [həːt] [ hurt , pt, pp ] vt (= cause pain to) → faire mal à (= injure), ( fig); blesser (= damage) [+ business, interests etc] → nuire à; faire du tort à
 hurt [həːt] [ hurt , pt, pp ] vt → wehtun +dat; adj → verletzt; where does it hurt? → wo tut es weh?
 hurt [həːt] vb [ pt hurt, pp ]
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