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Hurt

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Noun

1. harm, hurt, injury, trauma

any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.

2. distress, hurt, suffering

psychological suffering

Example Sentences:
'the death of his wife caused him great distress'

3. hurt, suffering

feelings of mental or physical pain

4. detriment, hurt

a damage or loss

5. damage, harm, hurt, scathe

the act of damaging something or someone

Verb

6. ache, hurt, smart

be the source of pain

7. hurt

give trouble or pain to

Example Sentences:
'This exercise will hurt your back'

8. anguish, hurt, pain

cause emotional anguish or make miserable

Example Sentences:
'It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school'

9. hurt, injure

cause damage or affect negatively

Example Sentences:
'Our business was hurt by the new competition'

10. bruise, hurt, injure, offend, spite, wound

hurt the feelings of

Example Sentences:
'She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests'
'This remark really bruised my ego'

11. ache, hurt, suffer

feel physical pain

Example Sentences:
'Were you hurting after the accident?'

12. hurt, suffer

feel pain or be in pain

Adjective

13. hurt, wounded

suffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battle

Example Sentences:
'nursing his wounded arm'
'ambulances...for the hurt men and women'

14. hurt, weakened

damaged inanimate objects or their value

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Hurt

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verbWord forms: hurts, hurting or hurt
1. 
to cause physical pain to (someone or something)
2. 
to cause emotional pain or distress to (someone)
3. 
to produce a painful sensation in (someone)
the bruise hurts
4. (intransitive) informal
to feel pain
noun
5. 
physical, moral, or mental pain or suffering
6. 
a wound, cut, or sore
7. 
damage or injury; harm
adjective
8. 
injured or pained physically or emotionally
a hurt knee
a hurt look
noun
Southern England dialect another name for whortleberry

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Hurt

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verb transitiveWord forms: hurt or ˈhurting
1. 
to cause physical pain or injury to; wound
2. 
to harm or damage in some way; be bad for
3. 
to cause mental distress or pain to; wound the feelings of; offend
verb intransitive
4. 
to cause injury, damage, or pain
5. 
to give or have the sensation of pain; be sore
a leg that hurts
6. 
to be a source of inconvenience, difficulty, or trouble
noun
7. 
the act or an instance of hurting; pain, injury, or wound
8. 
harm, wrong, or damage
9. 
something that wounds the feelings
adjective
10. 
injured; damaged

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Hurt

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v. hurt, hurt·ing, hurts
v.tr.
1.
a. To cause physical damage or pain to (an individual or a body part); injure: The fall hurt his back.
b. To experience injury or pain to or in (an individual or a body part): I hurt my knee skiing.
2. To cause mental or emotional suffering to; distress: The remark hurt his feelings.
3. To cause physical damage to (something); 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?

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