hurt
to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
to cause bodily pain to or in: The wound still hurts him.
to damage or decrease the efficiency of (a material object) by striking, rough use, improper care, etc.: Moths can't hurt this suit because it's mothproof.Dirty oil can hurt a car's engine.
to affect adversely; harm: to hurt one's reputation;It wouldn't hurt the lawn if you watered it more often.
to cause mental pain to; offend or grieve: She hurt his feelings by not asking him to the party.
to feel or suffer bodily or mental pain or distress: My back still hurts.
to cause bodily or mental pain or distress: The blow to his pride hurt most.
to cause injury, damage, or harm.
to suffer want or need.
a blow that inflicts a wound; bodily injury or the cause of such injury.
injury, damage, or harm.
the cause of mental pain or offense, as an insult.
Heraldry. a rounded azure.
physically injured: The hurt child was taken to the hospital.
offended; unfavorably affected: hurt pride.
suggesting that one has been offended or is suffering in mind: Take that hurt look off your face!
damaged: hurt merchandise.
Origin of hurt
1synonym study For hurt
Other words for hurt
Other words from hurt
- hurt·a·ble, adjective
- hurt·er, noun
- un·hurt, adjective
- un·hurt·ing, adjective
Words Nearby hurt
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How to use hurt in a sentence
The offices were firebombed in 2011; no one was hurt but a permanent police car was subsequently stationed outside.
In 2012, as a 10th grader, Lean says he recorded his first legitimate song, “hurt.”
The Cult of Yung Lean: ‘I’m Building An Anarchistic Society From the Ground Up’ | Marlow Stern | January 4, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThe “crying” incident is thought to have hurt Muskie in the primary--which he won handily, but with under 50 percent of the vote.
Full-grown men play-acting at being hurt when absolutely nothing happened.
Even the best of us can hurt the people who come to us for care when we forget that our foremost obligation is to them.
Forget it not: for there is no returning, and thou shalt do him no good, and shalt hurt thyself.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousNo one was hurt, although the shot was evidently intended for my party.
Whatever he felt he usually kept bottled up inside, no matter how it hurt.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairThe poor dog was severely hurt about the neck; it recovered, however, soon afterwards.
Hunting the Lions | R.M. BallantyneA knife would hurt, but Aunty Rosa had told him, a year ago, that if he sucked paint he would die.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II | Rudyard Kipling
British Dictionary definitions for hurt (1 of 2)
/ (hɜːt) /
to cause physical pain to (someone or something)
to cause emotional pain or distress to (someone)
to produce a painful sensation in (someone): the bruise hurts
(intr) informal to feel pain
physical, moral, or mental pain or suffering
a wound, cut, or sore
damage or injury; harm
injured or pained physically or emotionally: a hurt knee; a hurt look
Origin of hurt
1Derived forms of hurt
- hurter, noun
British Dictionary definitions for hurt (2 of 2)
whort (hwɜːt)
/ (hɜːt) /
Southern English dialect another name for whortleberry
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Other Idioms and Phrases with hurt
see not hurt a fly.
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