1
as in to ache
to feel or cause physical pain
my head hurts a bad sprain that really hurts I hurt all over
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2
as in to damage
to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of
don't worry that you'll hurt the new lawn by walking across it
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3
as in to injure
to cause bodily damage to
the common belief that reading in poor light hurts your eyes
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4
as in to grieve
to feel deep sadness or mental pain
I know you must be hurting from the cruel words they said
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as in distress
a state of great suffering of body or mind
in her hurt she said a lot of things to her boyfriend that she didn't really mean
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2
as in harm
something that causes loss or pain
a totally baseless accusation that caused lasting hurt to his reputation
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as in injured
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Recent Examples of hurt
James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Rose would cry, somehow even more hurt than me.
—Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2025
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
Why does this hurt him so badly?
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
Jason Kane, NBC news, 15 Sep. 2025
Past grievances often resurface because the real hurt beneath those issues wasn’t addressed.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
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Verb
With a hurt offensive line, the team may need to start figuring out what to do regarding the issues with the passing game.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Rose would cry, somehow even more hurt than me.
—Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2025
Noun
Cuban wrote in a post on X Wednesday that the move will hurt OpenAI’s business as parents prevent their children from using the chatbot.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
Why does this hurt him so badly?
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
Another child said her tummy hurt.
—Jason Kane, NBC news, 15 Sep. 2025
Past grievances often resurface because the real hurt beneath those issues wasn’t addressed.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hurt
Verb
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My vanity ached at the thought.—
Susan Orlean,
New Yorker,
11 Oct. 2025
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The pain of that premature departure still aches more than a decade on.—
Jack Bantock,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Driving through deep water can also damage a vehicle's mechanical and electrical systems.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Oct. 2025
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Putin himself has previously suggested that the United States supplying long-range missiles to Ukraine will seriously damage relations between Moscow and Washington.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
12 Oct. 2025
Verb
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From January to June, more than 3,100 people were reported killed across Haiti and an additional 1,100 reported injured, according to the United Nations.—
NPR,
NPR,
17 Oct. 2025
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Ten minutes later, Martinelli actually scored after making a good run in behind from the right wing as Saka had gone off injured.—
Art de Roché,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The acclaimed actors’ characters are brought together by geography in the eight-episode Netflix series in which Rhys’ Nile — previously suspected of killing his wife — moves in near Danes’ Wiggs, a grieving author.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Oct. 2025
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The 27-year-old is still grieving the loss of Stone, who died on March 1 at the age of 63 in a car crash in Alabama.—
Essence,
Essence,
15 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Because of that, diabetes distress has been linked to other serious mental health issues.—
Lauren J. Young,
Scientific American,
14 Oct. 2025
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Family members of the victims filed defamation and emotional distress lawsuits in Connecticut and Texas, where Jones’ Infowars talk show is based.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This has kept geolocation deals from causing severe economic harm compared to revenue, multiple people at betting companies told Sportico.—
Dan Bernstein,
Sportico.com,
16 Oct. 2025
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The school once contributed to the eradication of smallpox and the development of the polio vaccine, led breakthroughs linking air pollution to lung and heart disease, and helped demonstrate the harms of trans fats.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The concussion protocols are obviously in place to avoid situations like this, where coaches may potentially have any kind of influence on whether an injured player returns or not.—
Reice Shipley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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Police had discovered the injured victim sitting in a chair after officers responded to the family's home.—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Chest aches, fevers, debilitating headaches and chills pained 15-year-old Sufiya Syed for more than a year before doctors finally diagnosed her two months ago.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
21 Sep. 2025
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When the body feels stress, your heart rate and blood pressure jump, stress chemicals rise, and the brain may turn pain down for a moment.—
Dayanne S. Antonio,
The Conversation,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Hurt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hurt. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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