hurt

Examples

• All

• Some of the nagging curiosity, even some of the hurt of separation, seems to have lifted.

  Fiction book (1990)

• Get over your hurt feelings, okay?

  Analyze That (2002)

• First, it allows the people to get beyond the hurt of the past.

  Academic text (2003)

• Keep us all safe from hurt, harm and danger.

• His frustration and his hurt really come across.

• And I realised the hurt I'd done, the bad I'd done.

  Anything Goes With James English

• Of course, it was not funny, and the hurt and humiliation were undoubtedly real.

  Academic text (2001)

• Now he looked at her, his face stiff with hurt, and Cookie smiled to herself.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Shadrach finally looked up, a hurt and resentful expression in his dark eyes.

  Fiction book (1994)

• Any jealousy and its accompanying hurt feelings are directed to some social abstract or scapegoat.

  Academic text (1996)

Synonyms

P

pain

vshurt

∞ 1.0

An unpleasant feeling in the body because of injury or illness

is broader, including both bodily ache and emotional distress

I

injury

vshurt

∞ 1.4

Harm to the body caused by an accident or attack

is broader, covering nonphysical emotional damage as well

H

harm

vshurt

820 1.0

A bad effect on people or things

is wider, also covering brief bodily pains and emotional upset

S

suffering

vshurt

636 2.8

Pain and trouble that a person feels in the body or mind

is shorter, used for single injuries or sudden harm

D

distress

vshurt

240 3.6

A state of very strong pain, worry or serious trouble

is more general, including mild pains and everyday upset

W

wound

vshurt

171 5.4

A deep hurt to a person's feelings or pride

is wider, including both emotion and physical bodily damage

A

agony

vshurt

135 3.9

A very strong physical or mental pain

is less extreme, covering normal injuries and emotional pain

D

discomfort

vshurt

119 3.2

A feeling of physical pain or mental unease

is stronger, covering serious injuries and deep emotional suffering

A

anguish

vshurt

96 6.8

A very strong, painful feeling of worry or sadness

is milder, including ordinary harm or small aches

E

emotional wound

vshurt

3 6.3

A deep hurt inside that stays after a painful event

is broader, covering physical injury and everyday pain

Idioms

H

to hurt a fly

• Informal

14 5.1

Be so gentle that you do not harm even a fly

H

hurt your knife

• Informal

9.9

A mocking question you ask after someone betrays you to show anger

S

sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me

• Informal

8.7

A phrase that says hurt to the body is worse than insults and words do not hurt

Compounds

H

hurt feelings

14 2.8

Sadness and upset after someone says or does something unkind

How Painful

agony

135 3.9

hurt

149 1.0

ache

92 1.3

Surface Forms

Etymology