😡 A resentful feeling 😠 Easily offended

butthurt

2 9.9

Easily upset or offended by small things

adjective
/ˈbʌtˌhɜrt/

Offensive

: ofendidito (coloquial, despectivo)

The GOP is butthurt that their vote switching didn't work either time against Obama.

So then Mark Zuckerberg starts getting butthurt at Elon and he says, he says that Elon is being irresponsible and ridiculous.

Examples

Are people still butthurt over the fact that they think Nintendo is the king of originality?

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He always gets butthurt when someone criticizes his favorite movies, even if the criticism is valid.
People are getting butthurt because the truth hurts.

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Funny how butthurt these douchebags get when they get called out.

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There really isn't any call to get butthurt about any of the responses, particularly that one.

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Sure, she was a jerk, but man up and stop being butthurt because some random lady was a smartass.

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The right, like the writer of this piece, remains butthurt that one of its allegedly conservative champions did not win the nomination.

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I'm not actually butthurt, I'm amused by it, because hey - 800 comments!

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Apparently, you're butthurt because you consider Daniel Moynihan to be a top authority on the black family.

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Well, I guess you won't be the only one who's butthurt.

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Synonyms

offended

vsbutthurt

229 2.3

Feeling hurt because someone said or did something rude

is more narrowly about petty, exaggerated upset from trivial incidents

cranky

vsbutthurt

108 4.2

Easily annoyed and upset when tired or hungry

is more about feeling personally insulted and showing petty hurt

petulant

vsbutthurt

20 8.2

Acting easily annoyed and impatient about small things

is more about reacting with wounded feelings and petty offense

prickly

vsbutthurt

18 5.7

Quick to get angry or upset by small things

is more about showing petty, exaggerated personal injury from small remarks

thin-skinned

vsbutthurt

14 6.1

Feel upset easily when people criticize

is more petulant and reacts with exaggerated, petty hurt

peeved

vsbutthurt

12 6.7

Annoyed or a little angry about something small

leans toward taking such minor things as personal, exaggerated hurt

stung

vsbutthurt

12 4.7

Feeling hurt and angry because someone treated you badly

focuses more on taking minor remarks as personal, exaggerated injury

huffy

vsbutthurt

9 5.9

Quick to feel annoyed or offended by small remarks

responds with petty wounded feelings rather than calm irritation

hissy

vsbutthurt

Informal

9 8.3

Easily upset and reacting too much in a childish way

tends to feel hurt in a petty, overblown way about trivial things

whiney

vsbutthurt

Offensive

6 4.8

Acting childish and complaining a lot in an annoying way

is more about feeling wounded and offended by small slights

oversensitive

vsbutthurt

5 5.6

Easily upset by what others say or do

leans toward seeing minor issues as personal and overly hurtful

shirty

vsbutthurt

Offensive

2 9.1

Gets angry easily about small things

is more about personal hurt and exaggerated reaction to small slights

chinny

vsbutthurt

1 9.9

Easily upset or hurt by small harmless remarks

reacts with petty, blown-up hurt rather than simple annoyance

tetchy

vsbutthurt

1 8.1

Being easily annoyed by small things

is more about feeling personally wounded and exaggerating the upset

bristly

vsbutthurt

1 6.4

Quick to get annoyed and show irritation

is similar but centers on petty, overblown emotional hurt

snorty

vsbutthurt

1 9.7

Feeling annoyed and in a bad mood

tends to take trivial matters as personal and feel overly hurt

chippy

vsbutthurt

1 9.1

Being easily annoyed and quick to feel offended

is more about feeling personally injured in a petty, exaggerated way

narky

vsbutthurt

1 9.9

Easily annoyed and quick to complain about small things

is more about feeling wounded or overly offended by small things

prickish

vsbutthurt

Offensive

1 8.9

Being rude and getting upset by small things

is more about turning those irritations into petty, hurt reactions

miffy

vsbutthurt

Informal

1 9.9

Feeling a little annoyed or upset in a childish way

is stronger, turning small annoyances into personal, exaggerated hurt

umbrageous

vsbutthurt

1 9.9

Quick to feel offended and show anger

is less about moral anger and more about petty, exaggerated hurt

offendable

vsbutthurt

1 7.5

Easily upset by things people say or do

adds a petty, exaggerated sense of personal injury to that sensitivity

huffish

vsbutthurt

9.9

Being bad-tempered and easily offended

is more about feeling personally wounded and overreacting to small slights

Antonyms

tolerant

71 3.2

Accepting of people and ideas that are different

unbothered

Informal

1 4.8

Not feeling worried or upset by something

How Offended

outraged

147 4.1

butthurt

Offensive

2 9.9

offended

229 2.3

annoyed

143 1.0

calm

680 1.0

Surface Forms

butthurt positive

Morphology

butthurt = butt + hurt (semi-transparent) = butt + hurt

The parts 'butt' and 'hurt' are obvious, but the modern slang sense 'easily offended' is a metaphorical extension rather than a literal compound meaning.

Etymology

Butthurt comes from two simple words, butt and hurt, and at first meant a real 'pain' in the butt but later became a joking way to say someone is 'overly offended' or 'easily upset', especially online. So butthurt as an adjective means being upset or annoyed by something small.