Synonyms of hurts

hurts 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of hurt

1

as in aches

to feel or cause physical pain

my head hurts

a bad sprain that really hurts

I hurt all over

Synonyms & Similar Words

• aches
• pains
• throbs
• swells
• tingles
• stings
• smarts
• bleeds
• itches
• cramps
• bites
• burns
• chafes
• suffers
• nags
• festers
• pinches
• afflicts
• agonizes
• torments
• tortures
• racks
• pounds
• anguishes
• twinges
• harrows

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• damages
• injures
• mars
• cripples
• weakens
• harms
• erodes
• compromises
• impairs
• breaks
• spoils
• destroys
• disfigures
• flaws
• undermines
• crosses (up)
• vitiates
• bloodies
• wounds
• defaces
• blemishes
• ruins
• shatters
• deteriorates
• crabs
• enervates
• enfeebles
• endamages
• tarnishes
• demolishes
• devastates
• blights
• tortures
• wrecks
• batters
• lacerates
• maims
• wears (away)
• smashes
• washes out
• crushes
• dents
• torments
• scours
• mutilates
• disables
• annihilates
• dings
• botches
• wastes
• clobbers
• pulverizes
• decimates
• hamstrings
• gums (up)
• mangles
• queers
• lames
• wipes out
• bashes
• desolates
• tears down
• razes
• dints
• totals
• scourges
• does in
• bangs up
• dashes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• repairs
• doctors
• helps
• heals
• rebuilds
• mends
• reconstructs
• fixes
• reconditions
• renovates
• patches
• cures
• revamps
• rehabilitates
• rectifies
• remedies
• improves
• enhances
• revises
• enriches
• edits
• refines
• remodels
• ameliorates
• perfects
• betters
• meliorates

3

as in injures

to cause bodily damage to

the common belief that reading in poor light hurts your eyes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• injures
• damages
• wounds
• bruises
• harms
• scars
• tears
• lacerates
• blows out
• tortures
• maims
• cripples
• grazes
• afflicts
• mutilates
• torments
• impairs
• abuses
• scalds
• hamstrings
• creases
• cuts
• gores
• lames
• nicks
• mangles
• bloodies
• batters
• gashes
• contuses
• strains
• scathes
• maltreats
• scrapes
• mars
• aggrieves
• spoils
• lays up
• blemishes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• heals
• fixes
• cures
• remedies
• mends

4

as in grieves

to feel deep sadness or mental pain

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• grieves
• aches
• mourns
• sighs
• suffers
• cries
• agonizes
• bleeds
• sorrows
• anguishes
• weeps
• sobs
• groans
• eats one's heart out
• tears one's hair
• torments
• tortures
• moans
• longs (for)
• laments
• smarts
• bewails
• regrets
• deplores
• bawls
• bemoans
• pines (away)
• rues
• howls
• languishes
• keens
• racks
• blubbers
• wails
• takes on
• yowls
• yammers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• laughs
• rejoices
• cheers
• delights
• beams
• exults
• triumphs
• glories
• assures
• crows
• sympathizes
• reassures
• soothes
• ravishes
• joys
• comforts
• consoles
• commiserates
• solaces

hurts

2 of 2

noun

plural of hurt

1

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pains
• distresses
• agonies
• anguishes
• miseries
• tortures
• woes
• torments
• pangs
• straits
• tribulations
• sorrows
• discomforts
• racks
• excruciations
• travails
• afflictions
• heartbreaks
• hardships
• aches
• troubles
• heartaches
• dangers
• difficulties
• crosses
• emergencies
• crucibles
• pinches
• stitches
• rigors
• asperities
• twinges
• throes
• trials
• jeopardies

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• consolations
• eases
• solaces
• comforts
• reliefs
• alleviations
• assuagements
• securities
• peaces
• well-beings

2

as in harms

something that causes loss or pain

a totally baseless accusation that caused lasting hurt to his reputation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• damages
• harms
• injuries
• detriments
• insults
• afflictions
• injustices
• outrages
• wrongs
• wounds
• affronts
• disabilities
• indignities
• lesions
• burns
• impairments
• scratches
• scars
• beatings
• darts
• mutilations
• mayhem
• bruises
• disfigurements
• disservices
• ruptures
• offenses
• abrasions
• swellings
• contusions
• lacerations
• disablements
• scrapes
• gashes
• chafes
• scalds
• defacements
• bumps
• strains
• sears
• concussions
• cuts
• boo-boos
• scathes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• recoveries
• remedies
• cures
• fixes

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hurts

Verb

Empire Towers' unsafe structure hurts nearby businesses Workers at BG's Car Wash on Crain Highway told CBS News Baltimore that business has slowed after the perimeter was established around Empire Towers. — Caroline Foreback, CBS News, 13 July 2026

That's the most disappointing thing and that's the part that hurts the most for me personally. — Michael Lewis, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

Losing Kolesar, who led the team with 270 hits, hurts the identity of the fourth line, but McCrimmon believes that unit can still be a strength for the Golden Knights with a duo of Nic Dowd and Gatcomb anchoring it. — Jesse Granger, New York Times, 6 July 2026

Its battery can last up to eight days on a single charge, but a top-off here and there never hurts. — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 6 July 2026

Instead, Ogden argued that correcting the decision is what hurts the integrity of the World Cup. — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 July 2026

Advertisement Losing your leading World Cup goalscorer hurts, especially against a Belgian side that, despite its shaky moments at this tournament, is still stocked with talent. — Sean Gregory, Time, 2 July 2026

The practice is anti-competitive and hurts consumers, antitrust experts say. — Audrey McGlinchy, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026

But many Catholics, including conservative and traditional ones, are opposed to the consecrations, viewing them as an act of severe disobedience to the pope that hurts the church. — ABC News, 1 July 2026

Noun

Both the people who were hurt and the people who caused those hurts had some amount of evolution. — Michelle Tea, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2026

The wounds and humiliations of private life can rarely be redressed by law; literature offers a parallel tribunal in which those hurts are litigated and, if possible, imaginatively overcome. — Charlie Tyson, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026

Modern play calling insists on going for it on fourth downs, particularly in the opponent’s territory, because converting on fourth down helps more than failing to convert on fourth down hurts. — Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2026

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