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hurty

hurty

1 8.7
Feeling sore and in pain after a fall or bump
  • adjective
  • Baby Talk
translation icon : doloroso
  • After running for hours, my legs felt really hurty and I needed to rest.

People are going to prison for hurty words and holding a, a flag over men that are raping people.

Examples

  • After all, if you are "a bit hurty," having someone calmly relax you, touch you, and talk away the pain might well help.

    Blog text (12)
  • Come on, I'm gonna drop-kick you to hurty town.

  • My throat's all raspy and hurty, so I'm making tea.

  • And sometimes she just goes to sleep on the floor, and it gets dark, and you cry, and your tummy feels tight and hurty, but at least there's no shoe to run away from.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • She complained that her head was hurty after staying up too late.

  • The cold weather makes my fingers feel hurty when I go outside without gloves.

Synonyms

painful
vshurty
737 1.0

Making someone feel physical hurt or strong emotional upset

is the informal childish word used for sore feelings or pain
tender
vshurty
24 3.4

Sore when touched or moved

is more general and used playfully for simple pain rather than precise sensitivity
pained
vshurty
5 4.9

Feeling hurt, upset or uncomfortable

describes the actual sore physical feeling rather than an expressed emotion
a bit ouchy
vshurty
  • Informal
9.9

Hurts a little, for example after a small scrape

is also childlike but can mean a stronger sore feeling not only mild

Antonyms

494 1.0

Not feeling pain or physical discomfort

142 1.0

In good health after being ill or hurt

How Painful

agonizing
  • US
7 5.9
painful
737 1.0
hurty
  • Baby Talk
1 8.7
aching
7 1.1
uncomfortable
713 1.7

Surface Forms

hurty positive

Morphology

hurty = hurt (transparent) = hurt + y

Formed by adding the productive adjectival suffix '-y' to 'hurt', yielding an informal adjective meaning 'sore' or 'painful'.

Etymology

Hurty is made from the simple verb hurt plus the small ending -y, which often means 'full of' or 'having', just like in sleepy or thirsty. So hurty is an informal or childlike way to say something is 'sore' or 'painful'.