Hurt

Quick meaning: Hurt is a verb meaning (transitive, intransitive) To cause (a person or animal) physical pain and/or injury.

Meaning

(transitive, intransitive) To cause (a person or animal) physical pain and/or injury.

More Meanings

1. (transitive, intransitive) To cause (somebody) emotional pain.
2. (intransitive, stative) To be painful.
3. (transitive, intransitive) To damage, harm, impair, undermine, impede.
4. Wounded, physically injured.
5. Feeling physical or emotional pain.
6. An emotional or psychological humiliation or bad experience.
7. (archaic) A bodily injury causing pain; a wound or bruise.

Example Sentences

The insult hurt.

He was deeply hurt he hadn’t been invited.

If anybody hurts my little brother, I will get upset.

Does your leg still hurt? / It is starting to feel better.

Word Forms

• hurts
• hurting
• hurtest
• hurtedst
• hurteth

Synonyms for hurt

Depending on context, synonyms include ache, afflict, aggrieve, agonize, anguish, dere.

Antonyms for hurt

Common opposites include alleviate, analgesize, comfort, dave, ease, heal.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include harm, ache, injure, damage, trauma, injury.

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