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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,
Opposite: heal,
• 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,
Opposite: benefit, improve,
• 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.


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