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butthurt

butthurt

3 9.9
Easily upset or offended by small things
  • adjective
  • /ˈbʌtˌhɜrt/
  • Offensive
translation icon : 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

cranky
vsbutthurt
117 4.2

Easily annoyed and upset when tired or hungry

is more about feeling personally insulted and showing petty hurt
petulant
vsbutthurt
19 8.2

Acting easily annoyed and impatient about small things

is more about reacting with wounded feelings and petty offense
prickly
vsbutthurt
13 5.7

Quick to get angry or upset by small things

is more about showing petty, exaggerated personal injury from small remarks
hissy
vsbutthurt
  • Informal
12 8.3

Easily upset and reacting too much in a childish way

tends to feel hurt in a petty, overblown way about trivial things
peeved
vsbutthurt
11 6.7

Annoyed or a little angry about something small

leans toward taking such minor things as personal, exaggerated hurt
thin-skinned
vsbutthurt
10 6.1

Feel upset easily when people criticize

is more petulant and reacts with exaggerated, petty hurt
oversensitive
vsbutthurt
7 5.6

Easily upset by what others say or do

leans toward seeing minor issues as personal and overly hurtful
huffy
vsbutthurt
5 5.9

Quick to feel annoyed or offended by small remarks

responds with petty wounded feelings rather than calm irritation
offended
vsbutthurt
3 2.3

Feeling hurt because someone said or did something rude

is more narrowly about petty, exaggerated upset from trivial incidents
whiney
vsbutthurt
  • Offensive
3 4.8

Acting childish and complaining a lot in an annoying way

is more about feeling wounded and offended by small slights
shirty
vsbutthurt
  • Offensive
2 9.1

Gets angry easily about small things

is more about personal hurt and exaggerated reaction to small slights
chippy
vsbutthurt
  • UK
1 9.1

Being easily annoyed and quick to feel offended

is more about feeling personally injured in a petty, exaggerated way
chinny
vsbutthurt
  • UK
1 9.9

Easily upset or hurt by small harmless remarks

reacts with petty, blown-up hurt rather than simple annoyance
tetchy
vsbutthurt
  • UK
1 8.1

Being easily annoyed by small things

is more about feeling personally wounded and exaggerating the upset
snorty
vsbutthurt
  • UK
1 9.7

Feeling annoyed and in a bad mood

tends to take trivial matters as personal and feel overly hurt
prickish
vsbutthurt
  • Offensive
1 8.9

Being rude and getting upset by small things

is more about turning those irritations into petty, hurt reactions
narky
vsbutthurt
  • UK
1 9.9

Easily annoyed and quick to complain about small things

is more about feeling wounded or overly offended by small things
miffy
vsbutthurt
  • Informal
9.9

Feeling a little annoyed or upset in a childish way

is stronger, turning small annoyances into personal, exaggerated hurt
offendable
vsbutthurt
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
bristly
vsbutthurt
6.4

Quick to get annoyed and show irritation

is similar but centers on petty, overblown emotional hurt
stung
vsbutthurt
4.7

Feeling hurt and angry because someone treated you badly

focuses more on taking minor remarks as personal, exaggerated injury
umbrageous
vsbutthurt
9.9

Quick to feel offended and show anger

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

Antonyms

72 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
27 4.1
butthurt
  • Offensive
3 9.9
offended
3 2.3
annoyed
77 1.0
calm
735 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.