🤕 In pain 🤕 To injure 💸 Needing badly

to hurtin'

9.6

To need something very badly, for example money

verb
/ˈhɜrtɪn/

Informal

: necesitando

After the storm, many families were hurtin' for basic necessities like food and shelter.

So taking advantage when someone is hurting for self gain is dishonorable.

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Examples

But in the meantime, we've got people down there that are really hurting and need resources and help.

Dr. Phil
So I am not hurting for loose powders at all.
But in the meantime, we've got people down there that are really hurting and need resources and help.

Dr. Phil
During the winter months, those without proper clothing can be really hurtin' in the cold.
The local shelter is experiencing high demand, with many individuals hurtin' for support and assistance.

Antonyms

to flourish

116 4.1

To grow strongly and be healthy or successful

to prosper

88 3.7

To become successful or grow well, often by making money

How Needy

desperate

704 3.3

to hurtin'

Informal

9.6

to hunger

4 1.2

to need

∞ 1.0

short

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

hurtin' infinitive

hurtin' present participle

hurtin's third person singular

hurt past

hurt past participle

Morphology

hurtin' = hurt (semi-transparent) = hurt + in'

The form is clearly 'hurt' + progressive marker, but the idiomatic meaning 'to be in great need' is a specialized, metaphorical extension not obvious from literal 'pain'.

Etymology

Hurtin' can also mean being 'in great need', which comes from the same idea of hurt as 'feeling pain'. So when someone is hurtin' for money or help, they are 'in pain' because they lack something important.