hurt
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verb (hurts, hurt, hurt, hurting
/hɜːt/
1 transitive, intransitive to cause physical pain to somebody/yourself; to injure somebody/yourself
hurt something
He hurt his back playing squash.
Strong light hurts my eyes.
hurt yourself
Did you hurt yourself?
hurt (somebody)
Stop it. You're hurting me.
No one was seriously hurt in the accident.
My back is really hurting me today.
My shoes hurt—they're too tight.
Synonyms injure
Collocations Injuries
TOPICS Health problems A2
Collocations
adverb
badly
seriously
actually
2 intransitive to feel painful
My feet hurt.
My head hurts.
Ouch! That hurt!
it hurts when/if…
It hurts when I bend my knee.
It hurts if I move my neck.
it hurts to do something
It hurts to breathe.
Synonyms hurt
TOPICS Health problems A2
Collocations
adverb
badly
a lot
really
verb + hurt
be going to
begin to
3 intransitive, transitive to make somebody unhappy or upset
What really hurt was that he never answered my letter.
hurt somebody/something
I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you.
I didn't want to hurt his feelings.
it hurts to do something
It always hurts to lose, especially in the final.
it hurts somebody to do something
It hurt me to think that he would lie to me.
Collocations
adverb
badly
deeply
really
verb + hurt
attempt to
try towant to…
4 ​intransitive be hurting (informal) to feel unhappy or upset
I know you're hurting and I want to help you.
TOPICS Feelings B2
5 ​transitive hurt somebody/something to have a bad effect on somebody/something
Hard work never hurt anyone.
Many people on low incomes will be hurt by the government's plans.
High interest rates are hurting the local economy.
Synonyms damage
6 ​intransitive be hurting (for something) (North American English) to be in a difficult situation because you need something, especially money
His campaign is already hurting for money.
Idioms
hit somebody where it hurts
it won’t/wouldn’t hurt (somebody/something) (to do something)
not harm/hurt a fly
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adjective
/hɜːt/
1 injured physically
None of the passengers were badly hurt.
Steve didn't look seriously hurt.
Stop that or you'll get hurt!
OPPOSITE unhurt
TOPICS Health problems A2
Collocations
verbs
be
look
get
adverb
badly
seriously
physically
2 upset and offended by something that somebody has said or done
a hurt look/expression
You have every right to feel hurt.
hurt that…
She was deeply hurt that she had not been invited.
Martha's hurt pride showed in her eyes.
Collocations
verbs
be
feel
look
adverb
deeply
extremely
really
preposition
by
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noun
/hɜːt/
uncountable, countable (rather informal)
​a feeling of unhappiness because somebody has been unkind or unfair to you
There was hurt and real anger in her voice.
He apologized for any hurt caused by his remarks.
It was a hurt that would take a long time to heal.
It's time to forgive past hurts and open your heart.
Collocations
adjective
deep
great
verb + hurt
feel
cause
see
Word Origin
Middle English (originally in the senses ‘ to strike’ and ‘a blow’): from Old French hurter (verb), hurt (noun), perhaps ultimately of Germanic origin.