Synonyms of hurt
120 similar words · 10 opposite words
Another word for hurt is damage. Other synonyms of hurt are harm, wound, abuse, suffering and injure.
Synonyms and similar words for hurt
verbTo cause (a person or animal) physical pain and/or injury.
- dereTo hurt; harm; injure; wound.
- injureTo wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.
- woundTo hurt or injure (someone) by cutting, piercing, or tearing the skin.
- abuseTo injure; to maltreat; to hurt; to treat with cruelty, especially repeatedly.
- bewoundTo wound all over; cover or afflict with wounds.
- damageTo impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction.
- do damage to
- do for UKTo doom; to bring about the demise of someone; to injure or harm someone.
- do illTo harm, to injure.
- do violence toTo gravely harm.
- harmTo damage, hurt, or injure something, usually an inanimate object.
- harrowTo break or tear, as if with a harrow; to wound; to lacerate.
- maulTo savage; to cause serious physical wounds.
- put someone in hospital UKTo injure (someone) to the point that they need serious medical attention.
- scaith ScotlandTo injure; to wound.
- scatheTo harm or injure (someone or something) physically.
- wet slangTo kill or seriously injure.
- annoy archaicTo molest; to harm; to injure.
- damnify obsoleteTo damage physically; to injure.
- forwork archaicTo do wrong to; injure; scathe.
- grieve archaicTo harm.
- mayhem archaicTo violently inflict injury on (someone); to injure, to wound.
- misdo archaicTo do harm to; to injure, mistreat.
- vulnerate archaicTo wound, cause to become vulnerable.
verbTo cause (somebody) emotional pain.
- affront
- burn slang
- carry slang
- cut down
- disrespectTo show a lack of respect to someone or something.
- dis informal
- diss informalTo put (someone) down, or show disrespect by the use of insulting language or dismissive behaviour.
- give stickTo abuse, insult, or denigrate.
- heckle
- hurt someone's feelingsTo offend or emotionally hurt someone.
- insult
- lapidate
- qualifier
- misrespectTo show improper respect to or for; disrespect.
- offendTo hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult.
- send UK, slang
- scandalize
- slag UK, slang
- slag off slang
- sledge Australia
- slight
- slur
- sneap dialectal
- spiteTo treat maliciously; to try to hurt or thwart.
- misbid obsolete
- misuse obsolete
- scandal obsolete
verbTo be painful.
- acheTo suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.
- smartTo hurt or sting.
- agonizeTo writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish.
- anguishTo suffer pain.
- pain IndiaTo hurt; to put to bodily uneasiness or anguish; to afflict with uneasy sensations of any degree of intensity; to...
- passionTo suffer pain or sorrow; to experience a passion; to be extremely agitated.
- suffer
- thole British, dialectalTo suffer.
- wark British, dialectalTo be in pain; ache.
- wring figurativelyTo cause (someone or something) physical harm, injury, or pain; specifically, by applying pressure or by twisting; to...
- throe obsoleteTo cause (someone) to feel throes, as if in childbirth; to put in agony.
verbTo damage, harm, impair, undermine, impede.
- marTo spoil; to ruin; to scathe; to damage.
- thwartTo hinder or obstruct by placing (something) in the way of; to block, to impede, to oppose.
- behedgeTo surround; beset; plague; hinder.
- blunt
- crimp
- foreclose formal
- delay
- diminish
- forestay
- retroact
- interfere
- intervene
- forslow
- frustrateTo hinder or thwart.
- get in the wayTo obstruct, hinder, or interfere.
- hamper
- dash
- handicap
- hinder
- hold up
- impair
- impedeTo get in the way of; to hinder.
- incommodeTo cause (someone or something) inconvenience; to hinder, to impede, to inconvenience, to obstruct.
- lessen
- let
- obstruct
- overslaugh US, dialectalTo hinder or stop, as by an overslaugh or impediment.
- precludeTo remove the possibility of; to rule out; to prevent or exclude; to render impossible.
- prevent
- prohibitTo forbid, disallow, or proscribe officially; to make illegal or illicit.
- reduce
- restrict
- retard
- slow down
- stay
- stymie
- thwartenTo be positioned contrary to; be set against; oppose; hinder.
- umbeset
- undermine
- weaken
- worsen
- difficult obsoleteTo make difficult, hinder; to impede; to perplex.
- prevene obsolete
adjectiveWounded, physically injured.
- imbruedStained with blood; wounded, bloody.
- injuredSuffering from an injury.
- woundedSuffering from an emotional injury.
- banged upPhysically injured or wounded.
- crocked UKInjured (of a person).
- fucked up vulgar
- gimpedWrapped or wound tightly with a second length of yarn or wire in a tight spiral, often by means of a gimping machine...
- jacked up
- messed upDamaged.
- tore up US, dialectalDamaged, hurt or broken.
- vulnerated
Opposite of hurt
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.
hurt in other languages
Questions about synonyms of hurt
- What is another word for hurt?
- Hurt has 120 synonyms on Word.ws, such as damage, harm, wound, abuse, suffering, injure, spite and sore.
- What is the opposite of hurt?
- The opposite of hurt is comfort. Other antonyms of hurt are alleviate, analgesize, dave, ease and heal.
- What does hurt mean?
- Hurt means to cause (a person or animal) physical pain and/or injury.
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