Past tense of hurt
irregular verb
The past tense of hurt is hurt. The past participle is also hurt.
Forms of hurt
| Base form (V1) | hurt /hɜːt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | hurt /hɜːt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | hurt /hɜːt/ |
| Present participle | hurting |
| Third person singular | hurts /hɜːts/ |
Less standard forms: hurted (nonstandard).
Meaning of hurt
- verb To cause (a person or animal) physical pain and/or injury.
- verb To cause (somebody) emotional pain.
- verb To be painful.
Verbs like hurt
Questions about the past tense of hurt
- What is the past tense of hurt?
- The past tense of hurt is hurt.
- What is the past participle of hurt?
- The past participle of hurt is hurt.
- Is hurt a regular or irregular verb?
- Hurt is an irregular verb: its past tense keeps the same form as the base form.
- Is hurted correct?
- hurted is marked nonstandard in Wiktionary. The usual past tense of hurt is hurt.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hurt (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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