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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2
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
Ian King, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
Mamdani is just a much better politician than Bush, as his entire agenda speaks to the affordability crisis that disproportionately hurts Black voters.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
This disconnect hurts everyone.
—Andrew Filev, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2025
Management was focused on making money, not opening more stores, and didn’t go after short-term expansion that hurts long-term value.
—Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Reducing their relationship to its transactional bones is a low blow that hurts Ron and underlines their inequality.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
The injury to Wright especially hurts considering the running back room already lost short-yardage ace Alexander Mattison to a season-ending neck surgery.
—Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
How deeply that hurts, mourning something that could be.
—EW.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Burns also believes Obama’s presence in the race hurts Cuomo.
—Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 14 Aug. 2025
Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
The danger for Streeting, who is widely seen as a possible successor to Prime Minister Keir Starmer, is that the row hurts the wider economy.
—Ian King, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
Mamdani is just a much better politician than Bush, as his entire agenda speaks to the affordability crisis that disproportionately hurts Black voters.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
This disconnect hurts everyone.
—Andrew Filev, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2025
Management was focused on making money, not opening more stores, and didn’t go after short-term expansion that hurts long-term value.
—Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Reducing their relationship to its transactional bones is a low blow that hurts Ron and underlines their inequality.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
The injury to Wright especially hurts considering the running back room already lost short-yardage ace Alexander Mattison to a season-ending neck surgery.
—Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
How deeply that hurts, mourning something that could be.
—EW.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Burns also believes Obama’s presence in the race hurts Cuomo.
—Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 14 Aug. 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
Verb
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My heart aches knowing such a beautiful soul was taken from us too soon.—
KC Baker,
People.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Symptoms, which can develop up to 14 days after exposure, include cough, fever, chills, headaches, muscle aches, and shortness of breath.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
27 Aug. 2025
Verb
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This interaction damages skin cells and can trigger irritation, redness, stinging or burning.—
Leslie Baumann,
Miami Herald,
4 Sep. 2025
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If the power outage is specific to your home, say a lightning strike damages your electrical system, things change.—
Kristine Gill,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 Sep. 2025
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This is an inflammatory condition in which swelling injures the optic nerve, disrupting the transmission of visual information from the eye to the brain.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Aug. 2025
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One speaker there who expressed support for trans athletes in girls' sports suggested that McNabb's injury shouldn't be used to justify banning males from girls' volleyball, and that any female athlete who injures an opponent should also be banned in that case.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
21 Aug. 2025
Verb
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As the family grieves, the community is rallying around them.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
25 Aug. 2025
Noun
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To investors, such progress offers ample reasons to overlook short-term pains like the company’s dip in profitability, says Wang.—
Yue Wang,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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The editorial takes pains to quote the school board, the board president and the Illinois Policy Institute, a right-wing and anti-labor organization, without any quotes from the association or its president.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Sep. 2025
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That prospect is pushing brands to search for substitutes to oils whose conventional harvesting has long been tied to forest loss, biodiversity damage, and social harms.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Aug. 2025
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Across the states, many legislative efforts are underway to rein in AI companies and mitigate AI’s harms.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
26 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Portugal’s coastline throbs with beach goers and sports enthusiasts.—
Tom Mullen,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
Verb
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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 Sep. 2025.
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