hurting

Verb

hurt (third-person singular simple present hurts, present participle hurting, simple past and past participle hurt or (nonstandard, archaic) hurted)

1. (intransitive, transitive) To cause (a person or animal) physical pain and/or injury.
   • If anybody hurts my little brother, I will get upset.

   Synonyms:

   dere, injure, wound, abuse, annoy, bewound, damage, damnify, do damage to, do for

2. (intransitive, transitive) To cause (somebody) emotional pain.
   • He was deeply hurt he hadn’t been invited.

   Synonyms:

   affront, wound, abuse, burn, carry, cut down, disrespect, dis, diss, give stick

3. (intransitive, stative) To be painful.
   • Does your leg still hurt? / It is starting to feel better.

   Synonyms:

   ache, smart, agonize, anguish, pain, passion, suffer, thole, throe, wark

4. (intransitive, transitive) To damage, harm, impair, undermine, impede.
   • This latest gaffe hurts the legislator’s reelection prospects still further.

   Synonyms:

   mar, thwart, behedge, blunt, crimp, foreclose, delay, difficult, diminish, forestay

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