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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
synonym study for hurt
10. See injury.
OTHER WORDS FROM hurt
hurt·a·ble, adjectivehurt·er, nounun·hurt, adjectiveun·hurt·ing, adjectiveWords 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
British Dictionary definitions for hurt (1 of 2)
hurt1
/ (hɜːt) /
verb hurts, hurting or hurt
noun
adjective
injured or pained physically or emotionallya hurt knee; a hurt look
Derived forms of hurt
hurter, nounWord 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)
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Other Idioms and Phrases with hurt
hurt
see not hurt a fly.
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