Synonyms of hurting

hurting 1 of 2

adjective

as in aching

causing or feeling bodily pain

a badly hurting finger kept her from writing neatly

Synonyms & Similar Words

• aching
• painful
• sore
• damaging
• swollen
• hurtful
• injurious
• pinching
• achy
• nasty
• bleeding
• detrimental
• afflictive
• harmful
• agonizing
• burning
• deleterious
• torturous
• excruciating
• pernicious
• severe
• nagging
• stinging
• cramping
• threatening
• inflamed
• noxious
• raw
• smarting
• tender
• chafing
• festering
• wounding
• itching
• grievous
• pricking
• prickling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• helping
• healing
• painless
• remedial
• indolent
• curative

hurting

2 of 2

verb

present participle of hurt

1

as in throbbing

to feel or cause physical pain

my head hurts

a bad sprain that really hurts

I hurt all over

Synonyms & Similar Words

• aching
• throbbing
• swelling
• smarting
• tingling
• paining
• bleeding
• stinging
• cramping
• biting
• itching
• suffering
• festering
• burning
• nagging
• pinching
• racking
• chafing
• afflicting
• tormenting
• torturing
• pounding
• twinging
• harrowing
• agonizing
• anguishing

2

as in damaging

to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of

don't worry that you'll hurt the new lawn by walking across it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• damaging
• injuring
• marring
• crippling
• compromising
• weakening
• harming
• eroding
• spoiling
• impairing
• breaking
• destroying
• undermining
• ruining
• crossing (up)
• disfiguring
• defacing
• bloodying
• vitiating
• deteriorating
• crabbing
• shattering
• flawing
• wounding
• blemishing
• endamaging
• battering
• wrecking
• wearing (away)
• tarnishing
• torturing
• enfeebling
• demolishing
• enervating
• devastating
• denting
• scouring
• blighting
• crushing
• washing out
• smashing
• tormenting
• wasting
• mutilating
• disabling
• maiming
• lacerating
• decimating
• botching
• annihilating
• bashing
• hamstringing
• gumming (up)
• mangling
• clobbering
• wiping out
• pulverizing
• totaling
• dinging
• queering
• tearing down
• dinting
• razing
• scourging
• laming
• doing in
• desolating
• dashing
• banging up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• repairing
• helping
• fixing
• rebuilding
• reconstructing
• healing
• renovating
• patching
• mending
• rehabilitating
• revamping
• reconditioning
• curing
• remedying
• improving
• rectifying
• revising
• doctoring
• remodeling
• enhancing
• editing
• enriching
• bettering
• refining
• ameliorating
• perfecting
• meliorating

3

as in injuring

to cause bodily damage to

the common belief that reading in poor light hurts your eyes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• damaging
• injuring
• wounding
• bruising
• harming
• tearing
• torturing
• scarring
• crippling
• blowing out
• battering
• lacerating
• mutilating
• tormenting
• maiming
• straining
• afflicting
• grazing
• abusing
• scalding
• gashing
• cutting
• impairing
• creasing
• hamstringing
• nicking
• mangling
• bloodying
• scathing
• contusing
• goring
• scraping
• maltreating
• laming
• marring
• spoiling
• laying up
• aggrieving
• blemishing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• healing
• fixing
• curing
• remedying
• mending

4

as in grieving

to feel deep sadness or mental pain

I know you must be hurting from the cruel words they said

Synonyms & Similar Words

• grieving
• aching
• mourning
• sighing
• suffering
• crying
• bleeding
• sobbing
• sorrowing
• agonizing
• weeping
• anguishing
• smarting
• groaning
• eating one's heart out
• tormenting
• torturing
• tearing one's hair
• moaning
• lamenting
• bewailing
• pining (away)
• longing (for)
• racking
• bawling
• bemoaning
• deploring
• howling
• ruing
• languishing
• regretting
• blubbering
• yammering
• wailing
• keening
• yowling
• taking on

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• laughing
• cheering
• rejoicing
• delighting
• exulting
• beaming
• glorying
• triumphing
• ravishing
• assuring
• comforting
• crowing
• reassuring
• sympathizing
• consoling
• soothing
• joying
• commiserating
• solacing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hurting

Verb

Inflation is still hurting many working families nationwide, but in metro areas like Seattle, the pain is even more acute. — Natasha Chen, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026

In 1983, the NBA faced a far more daunting future than the NCAA does now, with revenue gaps endangering teams and unchecked free agency hurting the game’s image. — Charles Grantham, Sportico.com, 3 Aug. 2026

Morgan missed Oblivion, and then Sky blasted her with a vicious German suplex on the apron followed by a Bullet Train into the steel ring post, hurting her knee in the process. — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Today, some civil-society leaders, and even figures inside the establishment itself, fret that the regime’s heavy domestic hand is not only hurting Iranians but also weakening the country’s war effort. — Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026

But job growth has been slowing amid broader concerns about inflation hurting households and businesses. — ABC News, 30 July 2026

After Monday’s 8-5 loss to the Baltimore Orioles, the Tigers have lost three straight contests, their shoddy bullpen hurting them in all three. — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 28 July 2026

Ahead, a physical therapist and gardening expert share several effective ways to remove weeds without hurting your back. — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 25 July 2026

When the tornado hit Ransom Canyon last season, Lauren was trying to leave Kit and Lucas’ trailer to go shelter at the high school when a tree crashed down on her car and pinned her in there, hurting her ankle. — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 24 July 2026