1
as in aches
to feel or cause physical pain
my head hurts a bad sprain that really hurts I hurt all over
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as in damages
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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as in injures
to cause bodily damage to
the common belief that reading in poor light hurts your eyes
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as in grieves
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 pains
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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as in harms
something that causes loss or pain
a totally baseless accusation that caused lasting hurt to his reputation
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Recent Examples of hurts
Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
If anything hurts, pull slowly out of the pose.
—Cory Martin, Verywell Health, 30 Oct. 2025
Your head hurts, your socks are sticky, and you’re supposed to be focused on winning a championship.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Our sale leaves us with enough of a position to benefit should the Cobenfy updates prove positive, but not so much that a bad readout hurts us much.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
One in five employees say their job hurts their mental health.
—Rebecca Knight, Harvard Business Review, 29 Oct. 2025
However, both Sheth and Mehta said supplemental screening for women with breast implants never hurts.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 28 Oct. 2025
There’s a lot of optimism and spontaneity surrounding this zodiac sign, so even conversations that leave you laughing until your stomach hurts wouldn’t be out of the ordinary.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
But something always hurts that late in a marathon.
—Nicholas Thompson, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2025
Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
And some experts caution that the testing of nuclear warheads – creating actual nuclear explosions – hurts humans and can have lasting consequences for generations.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
If anything hurts, pull slowly out of the pose.
—Cory Martin, Verywell Health, 30 Oct. 2025
Your head hurts, your socks are sticky, and you’re supposed to be focused on winning a championship.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Our sale leaves us with enough of a position to benefit should the Cobenfy updates prove positive, but not so much that a bad readout hurts us much.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
One in five employees say their job hurts their mental health.
—Rebecca Knight, Harvard Business Review, 29 Oct. 2025
However, both Sheth and Mehta said supplemental screening for women with breast implants never hurts.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 28 Oct. 2025
There’s a lot of optimism and spontaneity surrounding this zodiac sign, so even conversations that leave you laughing until your stomach hurts wouldn’t be out of the ordinary.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
But something always hurts that late in a marathon.
—Nicholas Thompson, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
Work On Your Personal Relationships Work on your most significant personal relationship to shore up conflict, hurts and wounds, and turn it into one that is life-giving and energizing.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hurts
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Symptoms include fever, muscle aches, gastrointestinal issues, stiff neck, confusion and loss of balance.—
NPR,
NPR,
4 Nov. 2025
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Although pregnant women typically have fever, fatigue and muscle aches, serious cases may lead to stillbirth, premature delivery or life-threatening infection of the newborn.—
Asuka Koda,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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Brain scans revealed the severity of the bleeds and whether patients showed signs of cerebral small vessel disease, a condition that damages tiny blood vessels in the brain and is linked to aging, high blood pressure and dementia.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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Long-term, alcohol damages the brain by shrinking white and gray matter, dulling rewards, and overactivating the stress system.—
Sarah Bence,
Verywell Health,
6 Nov. 2025
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If an animal injures a human or another animal, or has been declared dangerous elsewhere, it can be ordered removed from the city.—
Quinn Clark,
jsonline.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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Derek gravely injures his hand.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
9 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The annual hand-wringing around whether New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone should be fired is already under way, but that won’t be decided for weeks as the club’s management takes a breath and grieves the club’s latest playoff exit.—
Barry M. Bloom,
Sportico.com,
12 Oct. 2025
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In Saunders’s afterlife, various spirits join Willie, Lincoln’s eleven-year-old son who has died from typhoid fever, while his father grieves in the crypt.—
Book Marks
October 2,
Literary Hub,
2 Oct. 2025
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The movie takes pains to illustrate how the possible end of the world will begin like any other day.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
24 Oct. 2025
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Colleagues who failed to take similar pains earned his everlasting disdain.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Think of the harms of erratic schedules akin to the way dripping water can erode stone.—
Allison Aubrey,
NPR,
3 Nov. 2025
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The program is a community for parents and caregivers whose children have been affected by social media harms, including families who have lost a child due to dangers online.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Portugal’s coastline throbs with beach goers and sports enthusiasts.—
Tom Mullen,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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Deadly holiday weekend mars broad crime drop The back-and-forth followed a Labor Day weekend of deadly violence in Chicago worse than in the previous two years, with seven people shot to death, according to preliminary Chicago Police Department reports.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
3 Sep. 2025
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Valuing a project at cost of production rather than value in an arm’s length sale—common in all economic statistics—especially mars Chinese data.—
Bill Conerly,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Hurts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hurts. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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