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hurt
[ hurt ]
verb (used with object)
- 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)
- to feel or suffer bodily or mental pain or distress:
My back still hurts.
Synonyms: ache
- 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
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.
hurt
1/ hɜːt /
verb
- 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
- informal.intr 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 emotionally
a hurt look
a hurt knee
hurt
2/ hɜːt; hwɜːt /
noun
- dialect.another name for whortleberry
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Derived Forms
- ˈhurter, noun
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Other Words From
- hurt·a·ble adjective
- hurt·er noun
- un·hurt adjective
- un·hurt·ing adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hurt1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hurt1
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Idioms and Phrases
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Example Sentences
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 “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.
No 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.
The poor dog was severely hurt about the neck; it recovered, however, soon afterwards.
A knife would hurt, but Aunty Rosa had told him, a year ago, that if he sucked paint he would die.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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