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Hurt

🔄 Synonyms of "Hurt"

22 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
distressnoun	Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature.
spitenoun	Ill will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the desire to unjustifiably irritate, annoy, or thwart; a want to disturb or put out another; mild malice
detrimentnoun	Harm, hurt, damage.
scathenoun	(countable, uncountable) Damage, harm, hurt, injury.
achenoun	(intransitive, stative) To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.
smartnoun	(intransitive) To hurt or sting.
sufferingnoun	The condition of someone who suffers; a state of pain or distress.
traumanoun	An emotional wound leading to psychological injury.
damagenoun	Injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact.
harmnoun	Physical injury; hurt; damage.
sufferverb	(intransitive) To feel pain.
injured	Suffering from an injury
injurynoun	Damage to the body of a living thing.
damaged	That has suffered damage.
offendverb	(transitive) To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult.
wounded	Suffering from a wound, especially one acquired in battle from a weapon, such as a gun or a knife.
weakened	Reduced; made less strong.
injureverb	(transitive) To wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.
bruised	(heraldry) Synonym of debruised.
anguishnoun	Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress.
painnoun	(countable and uncountable) An ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this; an unpleasant sensation, resulting from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; hurt.
woundnoun	An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.

↔️ Antonyms of "Hurt"

Words with the opposite meaning.

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💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Hurt"

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Word	Definition
harmverb	Physical injury; hurt; damage.
acheverb	(intransitive, stative) To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.
injureverb	(transitive) To wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.
damageverb	Injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact.
traumanoun	An emotional wound leading to psychological injury.
injuryverb	(transitive, obsolete) To wrong, to injure.
painverb	(countable and uncountable) An ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this; an unpleasant sensation, resulting from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; hurt.
scatheverb	(figuratively) To severely hurt (someone's feelings, soul, etc., or something intangible) through acts, words spoken, etc.
damagedverb	That has suffered damage.
woundedverb	Suffering from a wound, especially one acquired in battle from a weapon, such as a gun or a knife.
sufferingnoun	The condition of someone who suffers; a state of pain or distress.
anguishverb	Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress.
detrimentverb	Harm, hurt, damage.
sufferverb	(intransitive) To feel pain.
distressverb	To cause strain or anxiety to someone.
smartverb	(intransitive) To hurt or sting.
offendverb	(transitive) To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult.
weakenedverb	Reduced; made less strong.
spiteverb	(transitive) To treat maliciously; to try to hurt or thwart.
woundverb	An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.