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hurt someone's feelings

hurt someone's feelings verb: to offend or emotionally hurt someone.

Verb

hurt someone's feelings (third-person singular simple present hurts someone's feelings, present participle hurting someone's feelings, simple past and past participle hurt someone's feelings)

  1. (idiomatic) To offend or emotionally hurt someone.

Forms of hurt someone's feelings

third-person singular presenthurts someone's feelings
present participlehurting someone's feelings
past participlehurt someone's feelings
pasthurt someone's feelings

Questions about hurt someone's feelings

What does hurt someone's feelings mean?
Hurt someone's feelings means to offend or emotionally hurt someone.
What part of speech is hurt someone's feelings?
Hurt someone's feelings is a verb.
What is the past tense of hurt someone's feelings?
The past tense of hurt someone's feelings is hurt someone's feelings.

Words near hurt someone's feelings in the dictionary

  1. hurt
  2. hurt a fly
  3. hurt for
  4. hurt locker
  5. hurt people hurt people
  6. hurt someone's feelings
  7. hurt/comfort
  8. hurtability
  9. hurtable
  10. Hurtado
  11. Hurtados

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