hurt

[ hurt ]

/ hɜrt /

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verb (used with object), hurt, hurt·ing.

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.

verb (used without object), hurt, hurt·ing.

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.

noun

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.

adjective

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.

OTHER WORDS FOR hurt

3 mar, impair.

5 afflict, wound.

6 ache.

12 cut, slight.

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Origin of hurt

First recorded in 1150–1200; Middle English verb hurten, hirten, herten “to injure, damage, stumble, knock together,” apparently from Old French hurter “to knock (against), oppose” (compare French heurter, originally dialectal), probably a verbal derivative of Frankish unattested hûrt “ram,” cognate with Old Norse hrūtr; noun derivative of the verb

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10. See injury.

OTHER WORDS FROM hurt

hurt·a·ble, adjectivehurt·er, nounun·hurt, adjectiveun·hurt·ing, adjective

Words nearby hurt

hursinghar, Hurst, Hurstmonceux, Hurston, Hurston, Zora Neale, hurt, hurter, hurtful, hurtle, hurtleberry, hurtless

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How to use hurt in a sentence

The exceptional offensive play of second-year defenseman Miro Heiskanen hasn’t hurt, either.
Teams Don’t Win The Stanley Cup With A Goal Deficit. Can The Dallas Stars Change That?|Terrence Doyle|September 16, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
He said that in the case of Away, he doesn’t think the brand will be hurt by having a one-time sale.
DTC brands are rethinking their ‘never-go-on-sale’ rule|Anna Hensel|September 11, 2020|Digiday
So, keep in mind that one or two redirects here and there might not hurt much, but don’t let that number grow.
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Her plan was also hurt by the slumping economy this year, which pushed many state residents out of work and made more than 3,000 members eligible for Medicaid, the state-federal health program for the poor.
Only three of 26 Obamacare-era nonprofit health insurance co-ops will soon remain|lbelanger225|September 6, 2020|Fortune

Scaling back the program would hurt not just those who have been injured but the many more people who count on vaccines to protect them from dangerous diseases.
Gutting this federal program could undermine Americans’ confidence in a COVID vaccine|jakemeth|September 6, 2020|Fortune
The offices were firebombed in 2011; no one was hurt but a permanent police car was subsequently stationed outside.
France Mourns—and Hunts|Nico Hines, Christopher Dickey|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
The “crying” incident is thought to have hurt Muskie in the primary--which he won handily, but with under 50 percent of the vote.
The World’s Toughest Political Quiz|Jeff Greenfield|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Full-grown men play-acting at being hurt when absolutely nothing happened.
Tim Howard’s Wall of Intensity|William O’Connor|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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.
Why So Many Surgeons Are Psychos|Russell Saunders|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Forget it not: for there is no returning, and thou shalt do him no good, and shalt hurt thyself.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
No one was hurt, although the shot was evidently intended for my party.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
Whatever he felt he usually kept bottled up inside, no matter how it hurt.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
The poor dog was severely hurt about the neck; it recovered, however, soon afterwards.
Hunting the Lions|R.M. Ballantyne
A 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)

hurt¹

/ (hɜːt) /

verb hurts, hurting or hurt

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

noun

physical, moral, or mental pain or suffering

a wound, cut, or sore

damage or injury; harm

adjective

injured or pained physically or emotionallya hurt knee; a hurt look

Derived forms of hurt

hurter, noun

Word Origin for hurt

C12 hurten to hit, from Old French hurter to knock against, probably of Germanic origin; compare Old Norse hrūtr ram, Middle High German hurt a collision

British Dictionary definitions for hurt (2 of 2)

hurt²

whort (hwɜːt)

/ (hɜːt) /

noun

Southern English dialect another name for whortleberry

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