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hurt
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- pronunciation:
- huhrt
- parts of speech:
- verb, noun, adjective
- features:
- Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
hurts, hurting, hurt |
| definition 1: |
When you hurt a person or animal, you do something that makes them feel pain or that causes them injury. If you hurt a part of your body, you cause pain in it or damage to it.
Martina didn't want to hold her baby brother at first. She was afraid she might hurt him.Brandon hurt his knee when he fell off his bike.- synonyms:
- damage, injure, wound
- similar words:
- bruise, harm, kill, pain
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| definition 2: |
If some person or thing hurts you, or hurts your feelings, they make you feel sad or feel bad.
Kayla's friend really hurt her when she said something mean about her to Alana.When Jack's dad took his brother with him to go fishing and didn't take him, it hurt him a lot.Jada hurt my feelings when she didn't invite me to her birthday party.- synonyms:
- sting
- antonyms:
- comfort
- similar words:
- bruise, harm, injure, pain, tear, upset, wound
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| definition 3: |
If a person or thing hurts another thing, it causes damage to it or makes it weak.
Mrs. Lim was afraid the heavy rain might hurt her garden.- synonyms:
- damage, harm
- antonyms:
- benefit, improve
- similar words:
- injure, weaken
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| definition 4: |
When a part of your body hurts, it makes you feel pain.
My arm hurts where the bee stung me.I don't want to eat anything because my stomach hurts.- similar words:
- ache, burn, pain, smart, sting, suffer
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| related words: |
abuse, afflict, damage, jam, strain |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
A hurt is a pain or injury.
My mom said the hurt in her back went away when she took the pills.- synonyms:
- injury, pain
- similar words:
- ache, distress, sting, wound
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| related words: |
damage, evil, harm, ill |
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
A hurt thing is something that is injured or damaged.
The bird is hurt, so it cannot fly.My hurt finger took two weeks to heal.Stacy's dad knew she had hurt feelings, so he tried to comfort her.- synonyms:
- injured, wounded
- antonyms:
- all right, healed
- similar words:
- bruised
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