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hurt
- pronunciation:
- huhrt
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, adjective
- features:
- Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
hurt, hurting, hurts |
| definition 1: |
to cause physical damage, pain, or impairment to.
I hurt my arm when I fell.He hurt her by accident.- synonyms:
- damage, injure, wound
- antonyms:
- restore
- similar words:
- agonize, bruise, harm, impair, kill, pain, spite
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| definition 2: |
to cause emotional suffering to.
She was hurt by the insulting words.- synonyms:
- sting
- antonyms:
- comfort, heal
- similar words:
- agonize, bruise, cut, harm, injure, pain, spite, tear, upset, wound
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| definition 3: |
to damage, harm, or weaken.
The low test score hurt his grade average.- synonyms:
- damage, harm
- antonyms:
- benefit, improve
- similar words:
- impair, injure, prejudice, weaken
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| related words: |
abuse, afflict, affront, ail, cripple, damage, grieve, jam, lacerate, miff, mine, outrage, punish, queer, strain, twinge, wrench |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to feel pain, suffering, or distress.
My head hurts.- similar words:
- ache, burn, pain, smart, sting, suffer
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| definition 2: |
to inflict pain, damage, or suffering.
The truth sometimes hurts.- similar words:
- cut, pain, smart, sting, wound
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| related words: |
damage, twinge, twitch |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
an injury, pain, or affliction.
- synonyms:
- injury, pain
- similar words:
- ache, affliction, distress, sting, wound
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| definition 2: |
a cause of physical or emotional pain or suffering.
- similar words:
- affliction, bane, injury, pain, sore, sorrow
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| related words: |
agony, contusion, damage, detriment, discomfort, evil, harm, ill, loss, turn, wrench |
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
physically or emotionally pained or injured.
a hurt fingerhurt feelings- synonyms:
- injured, sore, wounded
- antonyms:
- all right, healed
- similar words:
- bruised
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