HURT

hurt, weakened

(adjective) damaged; used of inanimate objects or their value

hurt, wounded

(adjective) suffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battle; “nursing his wounded arm”; “ambulances...for the hurt men and women”

damage, harm, hurt, scathe

(noun) the act of damaging something or someone

detriment, hurt

(noun) a damage or loss

suffering, hurt

(noun) feelings of mental or physical pain

distress, hurt, suffering

(noun) psychological suffering; “the death of his wife caused him great distress”

injury, hurt, harm, trauma

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

hurt

(verb) give trouble or pain to; “This exercise will hurt your back”

suffer, hurt

(verb) feel pain or be in pain

hurt, injure

(verb) cause damage or affect negatively; “Our business was hurt by the new competition”

pain, anguish, hurt

(verb) cause emotional anguish or make miserable; “It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school”

hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite

(verb) hurt the feelings of; “She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests”; “This remark really bruised my ego”

hurt, ache, suffer

(verb) feel physical pain; “Were you hurting after the accident?”

ache, smart, hurt

(verb) be the source of pain

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

hurt (third-person singular simple present hurts, present participle hurting, simple past and past participle hurt)

(intransitive) To be painful.

(transitive) To cause (a creature) physical pain and/or injury.

(transitive) To cause (somebody) emotional pain.

(transitive) To undermine, impede, or damage.

Synonyms

• (to be painful): smart

• (to cause physical pain and/or injury): wound, injure, dere

Adjective

hurt (comparative more hurt, superlative most hurt)

Wounded, physically injured.

Pained.

Synonyms

• (wounded): imbrued, injured, wounded; see also wounded

• (pained): aching, sore, suffering

Noun

hurt (plural hurts)

An emotional or psychological humiliation or bad experience.

• how to overcome old hurts of the past

(archaic) A bodily injury causing pain; a wound or bruise.

(archaic) injury; damage; detriment; harm

(heraldiccharge) A roundel azure (blue circular spot).

(engineering) A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions.

A husk.

Anagrams

• Ruth, Thur, ruth, thru, thur

Proper noun

Hurt (countable and uncountable, plural Hurt)

(uncountable) A town in Virginia.

(countable) A surname.

Anagrams

• Ruth, Thur, ruth, thru, thur

Source: Wiktionary

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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.] Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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