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hurting someone's feelings

hurting someone's feelings is the present participle and gerund of hurt someone's feelings.

Meaning of hurt someone's feelings

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.

Questions about hurting someone's feelings

What is hurting someone's feelings the present participle and gerund of?
Hurting someone's feelings is the present participle and gerund of hurt someone's feelings.

Words near hurting someone's feelings in the dictionary

  1. hurtier
  2. hurtiest
  3. hurting
  4. hurting a fly
  5. hurting for
  6. hurting someone's feelings
  7. hurtingest
  8. hurtingly
  9. hurtings
  10. hurtle
  11. hurtleberries

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