hurt
verb
[ həːt ]
• cause pain or injury to.
• "Ow! You're hurting me!"
Similar:
injure,
wound,
damage,
disable,
incapacitate,
impair,
maim,
mutilate,
cause injury to,
cause pain to,
bruise,
cut,
gash,
graze,
scrape,
scratch,
lacerate,
abuse,
torture,
maltreat,
ill-treat,
molest,
• be detrimental to.
• "high interest rates are hurting the local economy"
Similar:
harm,
damage,
do harm to,
be detrimental to,
weaken,
spoil,
mar,
blemish,
blight,
impair,
impede,
jeopardize,
undermine,
ruin,
wreck,
sabotage,
cripple,
foul up,
• have a pressing need for.
• "Frank wasn't hurting for money"
hurt
adjective
• physically injured.
• "he complained of a hurt leg and asked his trainer to stop the fight"
hurt
noun
• physical injury; harm.
• "rolling properly into a fall minimizes hurt"
Similar:
harm,
injury,
wounding,
pain,
suffering,
discomfort,
soreness,
aching,
smarting,
stinging,
throbbing,
pangs,
bruise,
graze,
scrape,
cut,
gash,
scratch,
laceration,
Origin:
Middle English (originally in the senses ‘to strike’ and ‘a blow’): from Old French hurter (verb), hurt (noun), perhaps ultimately of Germanic origin.