1.
[syn: pain, hurting]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hurt \Hurt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hurt; p. pr. & vb. n.
Hurting.] [OE. hurten, hirten, horten, herten; prob. fr.
OF. hurter, heurter, to knock, thrust, strike, F. heurter;
cf. W. hyrddu to push, drive, assault, hwrdd a stroke, blow,
push; also, a ram, the orig. sense of the verb thus perhaps
being, to butt as a ram; cf. D. horten to push, strike, MHG.
hurten, both prob. fr. Old French.]
1. To cause physical pain to; to do bodily harm to; to wound
or bruise painfully.
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The hurt lion groans within his den. --Dryden.
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2. To impar the value, usefulness, beauty, or pleasure of; to
damage; to injure; to harm.
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Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt. --Milton.
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3. To wound the feelings of; to cause mental pain to; to
offend in honor or self-respect; to annoy; to grieve. "I
am angry and hurt." --Thackeray.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
hurting \hurting\ n.
a feeling of pain.
Syn: pain.
[WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
hurting \hurting\ adj.
1. aching when touched.
Syn: sensitive, sore, tender.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. In distress; experiencing difficulty; as, with the dollar
exchange rate so high, companies dependent on exports are
really hurting. [Colloq.]
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
hurting
n 1: a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder; "the patient
developed severe pain and distension" [syn: pain,
hurting]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
97 Moby Thesaurus words for "hurting":
Schmerz, aches and pains, aching, acute, afflicted, afflictive,
agonized, agonizing, algetic, atrocious, bankruptcy, biting,
breakage, breakdown, collapse, convulsed, crack-up, cramping,
crippling, crucified, cruel, damage, destruction, detriment,
dilapidation, disablement, discomfort, disrepair, distress,
distressed, distressing, dolor, encroachment, excruciating,
gnawing, grave, griping, hard, harm, harrowed, harrowing, harsh,
hobbling, hurt, hurtful, impairment, in distress, in pain,
incapacitation, infringement, injury, inroad, lacerated, loss,
maiming, malaise, martyred, martyrized, mayhem, mischief, misery,
mutilation, on the rack, pain, pained, painful, paroxysmal,
piercing, poignant, pungent, racked, racking, ruination,
ruinousness, sabotage, scathe, severe, sharp, shooting, sickening,
sore, spasmatic, spasmic, spasmodic, spoiling, stabbing, stinging,
suffering, tormented, tormenting, tortured, torturous, twisted,
under the harrow, weakening, wounded, wrung