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hurty

hurty adjective: causing hurt; painful.

hurty: causing hurt; painful
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Adjective (1)

hurty (comparative hurtier, superlative hurtiest)

  1. (childish, informal, often) Causing hurt; painful.
    • If people are scared of hurty words, don’t come and see comedy. It’s not as if I’m shouting it through your letterbox.2024 January 23, Pauline McLean, quoting Janey Godley, BBC News, archived from the original on 05 Feb 2024
    • It's time this government told the police their job is to protect the public, not monitor social media for hurty words.2025 September 2, Helen Bushby, quoting Kemi Badenoch, BBC News, archived from the original on 06 Sep 2025

Adjective (2)

hurty (not comparable)

  1. Semé (strewn) with hurts (roundels azure).

Synonyms of hurty

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Forms of hurty

comparativehurtier
superlativehurtiest

Origin of hurty

From hurt + -y.

From hurt (“blue spot”) + -y.

Words that rhyme with hurty

Questions about hurty

What does hurty mean?
Hurty means causing hurt; painful.
What part of speech is hurty?
Hurty is an adjective.

Words near hurty in the dictionary

  1. hurtsome
  2. Hurtt
  3. Hurtts
  4. Hurtubise
  5. Hurtville
  6. hurty
  7. Huruelhi
  8. Hurufi
  9. Hurufis
  10. Hurufism
  11. Huruiești

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