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verb (used with object)
1.
to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
2.
to cause bodily pain to or in: The wound still hurts him.
3.
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.
4.
to affect adversely; harm: to hurt one's reputation; It wouldn't hurt the lawn if you watered it more often.
5.
to cause mental pain to; offend or grieve: She hurt his feelings by not asking him to the party.
verb (used without object)
6.
to feel or suffer bodily or mental pain or distress: My back still hurts.
7.
to cause bodily or mental pain or distress: The blow to his pride hurt most.
8.
to cause injury, damage, or harm.
9.
to suffer want or need.
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Hurts
is always a great word to know.
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| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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noun
10.
a blow that inflicts a wound; bodily injury or the cause of such injury.
11.
injury, damage, or harm.
12.
the cause of mental pain or offense, as an insult.
13.
Heraldry. a rounded azure.
adjective
14.
physically injured: The hurt child was taken to the hospital.
15.
offended; unfavorably affected: hurt pride.
16.
suggesting that one has been offended or is suffering in mind: Take that hurt look off your face!
17.
damaged: hurt merchandise.
Origin:
1150–1200; (v.) Middle English hurten, hirten, herten to injure, damage, stumble, knock together, apparently < Old French hurter to knock (against), oppose (compare French heurter, orig. dial.), probably a verbal derivative of Frankish *hûrt ram, cognate with Old Norse hrūtr; (noun) Middle English < Old French, derivative of the v.
1150–1200; (v.) Middle English hurten, hirten, herten to injure, damage, stumble, knock together, apparently < Old French hurter to knock (against), oppose (compare French heurter, orig. dial.), probably a verbal derivative of Frankish *hûrt ram, cognate with Old Norse hrūtr; (noun) Middle English < Old French, derivative of the v.
Related forms
hurt·a·ble, adjective
hurt·er, noun
un·hurt, adjective
un·hurt·ing, adjective
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hurt
c.1200, from O.Fr. hurter "to ram, strike, collide," perhaps from Frank. *hurt (cf. M.H.G. hurten "run at, collide," O.N. hrutr "ram"). Sense of "injury" is purely an Eng. development. Sense of "knock" died out 17c., but cf. hurtle.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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