hurty
- adjective
- Baby Talk
- 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.
- People are going to prison for hurty words and holding a, a flag over men that are raping people.
Examples
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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.
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My throat's all raspy and hurty, so I'm making tea.
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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.
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The cold weather makes my fingers feel hurty when I go outside without gloves.
Synonyms
Making someone feel physical hurt or strong emotional upset
Sore when touched or moved
Feeling hurt, upset or uncomfortable
Hurts a little, for example after a small scrape
Antonyms
How Painful
Surface Forms
Morphology
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'.