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😠 Easily offended 😡 A resentful feeling
butthurt

butthurt

1 9.8
A feeling of being easily upset or offended by small things
  • noun
  • /ˈbʌtˌhɜrt/
  • Offensive
translation icon : ofendidito (coloquial, despectivo)
  • The rage, the butthurt...

Examples

  • Somebody is suffering from a bad case of the butthurt.

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  • Wow, the level of butthurt in these comments is staggering.

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  • So is the amount of butthurt out there justified?

  • How does the Republican Congress sit down with all the butthurt over taxing the wealthy?

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  • I suspect "Butthurt" doesn't even begin to describe your emotional state right now.

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  • I bet the butthurt meter is pegging off the charts this week.

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  • Agreed on the butthurt.

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  • Some of those people who have been sitting smug on top of their fraud reviews are in for some butthurt when I finally get to their issues.

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  • I have bigger concerns, and I'm not going to get all butthurt about one internet commenter who "avoids men," though I'm sure that's what you want.

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  • He felt a wave of butthurt after his friends made fun of his new haircut.

Synonyms

offense
vsbutthurt
  • US
344 3.9

Feeling of hurt or anger caused by something insulting

is a resentful feeling about often minor or trivial insults
umbrage
vsbutthurt
9 9.8

A feeling of being hurt and angry when someone says or does something

is a resentful reaction to minor or trivial slights

Antonyms

forgiveness
333 2.2

An act of letting go of anger toward someone after they hurt you

indifference
71 4.6

Lack of interest or concern about something

How Offended

anger
957 1.0
resentment
172 4.2
butthurt
  • Offensive
1 9.8
offense
  • US
344 3.9
irritation
27 3.6
annoyance
26 2.8

Surface Forms

butthurt singular
butthurts plural

Morphology

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

The word clearly combines 'butt' and 'hurt', but the sense 'angry or resentful at being offended' is metaphorical rather than literal physical pain.

Etymology

Butthurt comes from two simple words, butt and hurt, and it first meant a real 'pain' in the butt but later became a joking name for the 'angry' or 'offended' feeling people have about small things, especially online. So as a noun, butthurt means the feeling of being 'angry' or 'upset' about something minor.