Hurt Definition
hûrt
hurting, hurts
verb
hurting, hurts
To cause physical damage or pain to (an individual or a body part); injure.
The fall hurt his back.
American Heritage
To harm or damage in some way; be bad for.
Webster's New World
To experience injury or pain to or in (an individual or a body part).
I hurt my knee skiing.
American Heritage
To cause physical pain or injury to; wound.
Webster's New World
To cause mental distress or pain to; wound the feelings of; offend.
Webster's New World
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noun
hurts
The act or an instance of hurting; pain, injury, or wound.
Webster's New World
Mental suffering; anguish.
Getting over the hurt of reading the letter.
American Heritage
Harm, wrong, or damage.
Webster's New World
Something that wounds the feelings.
Webster's New World
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adjective
Injured; damaged.
Webster's New World
Wiktionary
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Origin of Hurt
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From Middle English hurten, hirten, hertan (“to injure, scathe, knock together”), from Anglo-Norman hurter (“to ram into, strike, collide with”), from Old French (French heurter).
From Wiktionary
Middle English hurten possibly from Old French hurter to bang into perhaps of Germanic origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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