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hurt meaning and definition

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HURT noun

Definition of hurt (noun)

  1. any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
  2. psychological suffering
  3. feelings of mental or physical pain
  4. a damage or loss
  5. the act of damaging something or someone

HURT verb

Definition of hurt (verb)

  1. be the source of pain
  2. give trouble or pain to
    • "This exercise will hurt your back"
  3. cause emotional anguish or make miserable
    • "It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school"
    • synonyms: anguish, pain
  4. cause damage or affect negatively
    • "Our business was hurt by the new competition"
    • synonyms: injure
  5. hurt the feelings of
    • "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego"
    • synonyms: bruise, injure, offend, spite, wound
  6. feel physical pain
    • "Were you hurting after the accident?"
    • synonyms: ache, suffer
  7. feel pain or be in pain

HURT adjective

Definition of hurt (adjective)

  1. suffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battle
    • "nursing his wounded arm"; "ambulances...for the hurt men and women"
    • synonyms: wounded
  2. damaged inanimate objects or their value
Source: Princeton University Wordnet

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