hurt
1. [ verb ] give trouble or pain to
Examples:

"This exercise will hurt your back"

Related terms: indispose injure afflict ache
2. [ verb ] be the source of pain
Synonyms: ache smart
Related terms: cause_to_be_perceived bite throb burn itch shoot thirst hunger act_up distress ache smart
3. [ noun ] (medicine) any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
Synonyms: injury harm trauma
Related terms: ill_health wound bleeding bruise frostbite electric_shock dislocation fracture blast_trauma rupture sting pinch bump wale whiplash wrench intravasation birth_trauma burn blunt_trauma penetrating_injury strain injure suffer traumatize
4. [ verb ] cause emotional anguish or make miserable
Synonyms: anguish pain
Examples:

"It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school"

Related terms: upset torment try agonize pain anguish annoyance suffer
5. [ verb ] cause damage or affect negatively
Synonyms: injure
Examples:

"Our business was hurt by the new competition"

Related terms: damage detriment
6. [ verb ] hurt the feelings of
Synonyms: injure offend spite bruise wound
Examples:

"She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests" "This remark really bruised me ego"

Related terms: arouse insult humiliate lacerate sting cattiness
7. [ adjective ] suffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battle
Synonyms: wounded
Examples:

"nursing his wounded arm" "ambulances...for the hurt men and women"

Related terms: injured
8. [ adjective ] suffering from emotional injury
Synonyms: wounded bruised
Examples:

"a bruised ego" "to salve her wounded feelings" "an air of hurt innocence" "a tone of hurt surprise"

Related terms: injured
9. [ noun ] (psychology) psychological suffering
Synonyms: suffering distress
Examples:

"the death of his wife caused him great distress"

Related terms: pain anguish tsoris wound self-torture suffer distress
10. [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 1234
11. [ verb ] feel physical pain
Synonyms: ache suffer
Examples:

"Were you hurting after the accident?"

Related terms: perceive prick kill catch twinge injury sick_person ache
12. [ noun ] a damage or loss
Synonyms: detriment
Related terms: damage expense
13. [ adjective ] used of inanimate objects or their value
Synonyms: weakened
Related terms: damaged
14. [ verb ] feel pain or be in pain
Synonyms: suffer
Related terms: be_well be have starve gag ail injury agony suffering sufferance
15. [ noun ] feelings of mental or physical pain
Synonyms: suffering
Related terms: pain agony throes discomfort pain suffer
16. [ noun ] the act of damaging something or someone
Synonyms: harm damage scathe
Related terms: change_of_integrity wound impairment burn defloration defacement harm
Similar spelling:   Hurtt
  Huerta
  Huard
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