Hurt
WordNet

adjective


(1)   Damaged inanimate objects or their value
(2)   Suffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battle
"Nursing his wounded arm"
"Ambulances...for the hurt men and women"

noun


(3)   The act of damaging something or someone
(4)   A damage or loss
(5)   Feelings of mental or physical pain
(6)   Psychological suffering
"The death of his wife caused him great distress"
(7)   Any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.

verb


(8)   Give trouble or pain to
"This exercise will hurt your back"
(9)   Feel pain or be in pain
(10)   Cause damage or affect negatively
"Our business was hurt by the new competition"
(11)   Cause emotional anguish or make miserable
"It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school"
(12)   Hurt the feelings of
"She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"
"This remark really bruised me ego"
(13)   Feel physical pain
"Were you hurting after the accident?"
(14)   Be the source of pain
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Etymology


hurten, hirten, hertan "to injure, scathe, knock together", prob. from dialectal hurter "to ram into, strike, collide with" (French: heurter "to strike") of Germanic origin, from Frankish *hūrt "a ram". Akin to Dutch horten "to push against, strike", M.H.G. hurten "to run at, collide with", Old Norse hrūtr "ram".

Adjective



  1. Wounded, physically injured.
  2. Pained.

Noun



  1. A wound or pain.
    • 1605, I have received a hurt. — William Shakespeare, King Lear III.vii
  2. A roundel azure (blue circular spot).

Verb



  1. To be painful.
    Does your leg still hurt? / It is starting to feel better.
  2. To cause (a creature) physical pain and/or injury.
  3. To cause (somebody) emotional pain.
 
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