hurt
/hɜːt//hɝt/
noun
- 1
An emotional or psychological humiliation or bad experience.
“how to overcome old hurts of the past”
- 2
A bodily injury causing pain; a wound or bruise.
- 3
Injury; damage; detriment; harm
- 4
A roundel azure (blue circular spot).
- 5
A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions.
- 6
A husk.
verb
- 1
To be painful.
“Does your leg still hurt? / It is starting to feel better.”
- 2
To cause (a creature) physical pain and/or injury.
“If anybody hurts my little brother, I will get upset.”
- 3
To cause (somebody) emotional pain.
- 4
To undermine, impede, or damage.
“This latest gaffe hurts the legislator’s reelection prospects still further.”
adjective
- 1
Wounded, physically injured.
- 2
Pained.
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