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HURT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of damaging something or someone

Synonyms:

damage; harm; hurt; scathe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("hurt" is a kind of...):

change of integrity (the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hurt"):

impairment (damage that results in a reduction of strength or quality)

defacement; disfiguration; disfigurement; mutilation (the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something)

wound; wounding (the act of inflicting a wound)

burn (damage inflicted by fire)

defloration (an act that despoils the innocence or beauty of something)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A damage or loss

Synonyms:

detriment; hurt

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("hurt" is a kind of...):

damage; harm; impairment (the occurrence of a change for the worse)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hurt"):

expense (a detriment or sacrifice)

Derivation:

hurt (cause damage or affect negatively)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Feelings of mental or physical pain

Synonyms:

hurt; suffering

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("hurt" is a kind of...):

pain; painfulness (emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hurt"):

agony; torment; torture (intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain)

throes (violent pangs of suffering)

discomfort; irritation; soreness (an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress)

Derivation:

hurt (give trouble or pain to)

hurt (cause emotional anguish or make miserable)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Psychological suffering

Example:

the death of his wife caused him great distress

Synonyms:

distress; hurt; suffering

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("hurt" is a kind of...):

pain; painfulness (emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hurt"):

wound (a figurative injury (to your feelings or pride))

tsoris ((Yiddish) trouble and suffering)

self-torment; self-torture (self-imposed distress)

anguish; torment; torture (extreme mental distress)

Derivation:

hurt (give trouble or pain to)

hurt (be the source of pain)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.

Synonyms:

harm; hurt; injury; trauma

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("hurt" is a kind of...):

health problem; ill health; unhealthiness (a state in which you are unable to function normally and without pain)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hurt"):

pull; twist; wrench (a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments)

lesion; wound (an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin))

wale; weal; welt; wheal (a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions)

whiplash; whiplash injury (an injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an automobile accident))

strain (injury to a muscle (often caused by overuse); results in swelling and pain)

bite; insect bite; sting (a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin)

rupture (state of being torn or burst open)

pinch (an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed)

penetrating injury; penetrating trauma (injury incurred when an object (as a knife or bullet or shrapnel) penetrates into the body)

intravasation (entry of foreign matter into a blood vessel)

cryopathy; frostbite (destruction of tissue by freezing and characterized by tingling, blistering and possibly gangrene)

brain damage (injury to the brain that impairs its functions (especially permanently); can be caused by trauma to the head, infection, hemorrhage, inadequate oxygen, genetic abnormality, etc.)

birth trauma (physical injury to an infant during the birth process)

blast trauma (injury caused the explosion of a bomb (especially in enclosed spaces))

bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage (the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel)

blunt trauma (injury incurred when the human body hits or is hit by a large outside object (as a car))

bruise; contusion (an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration)

bump (a lump on the body caused by a blow)

burn (an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation)

dislocation (a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column))

electric shock (trauma caused by the passage of electric current through the body (as from contact with high voltage lines or being struck by lightning); usually involves burns and abnormal heart rhythm and unconsciousness)

break; fracture (breaking of hard tissue such as bone)

Derivation:

hurt (feel pain or be in pain)

hurt (feel physical pain)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Damaged; used of inanimate objects or their value

Synonyms:

hurt; weakened

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

damaged (harmed or injured or spoiled)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Suffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battle

Example:

ambulances...for the hurt men and women

Synonyms:

hurt; wounded

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

injured (harmed)

 III. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Give trouble or pain to

Example:

This exercise will hurt your back

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "hurt" is one way to...):

indispose (cause to feel unwell)

Cause:

ache; hurt; smart (be the source of pain)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hurt"):

injure; wound (cause injuries or bodily harm to)

ail; pain; trouble (cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed)

disagree with (not be very easily digestible)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

Did he hurt his foot?

Derivation:

hurt (psychological suffering)

hurt (feelings of mental or physical pain)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Feel pain or be in pain

Synonyms:

hurt; suffer

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "hurt" is one way to...):

be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hurt"):

have (suffer from; be ill with)

choke; gag; strangle; suffocate (struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake)

ail (be ill or unwell)

famish; hunger; starve (be hungry; go without food)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue hurt

Derivation:

hurt (any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.)

hurting (a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Cause damage or affect negatively

Example:

Our business was hurt by the new competition

Synonyms:

hurt; injure

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "hurt" is one way to...):

damage (inflict damage upon)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

hurt (a damage or loss)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Cause emotional anguish or make miserable

Example:

It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school

Synonyms:

anguish; hurt; pain

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "hurt" is one way to...):

discomfit; discompose; disconcert; untune; upset (cause to lose one's composure)

Cause:

suffer (experience (emotional) pain)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hurt"):

excruciate; rack; torment; torture (torment emotionally or mentally)

try (give pain or trouble to)

agonise; agonize (cause to agonize)

break someone's heart (cause deep emotional pain and grief to somebody)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s somebody

Sentence example:

Sam cannot hurt Sue

Derivation:

hurt (feelings of mental or physical pain)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Hurt the feelings of

Example:

This remark really bruised my ego

Synonyms:

bruise; hurt; injure; offend; spite; wound

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "hurt" is one way to...):

arouse; elicit; enkindle; evoke; fire; kindle; provoke; raise (call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hurt"):

affront; diss; insult (treat, mention, or speak to rudely)

lacerate (deeply hurt the feelings of; distress)

sting (cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging)

abase; chagrin; humble; humiliate; mortify (cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sentence examples:

Sam cannot hurt Sue

The performance is likely to hurt Sue

Sense 6

Meaning:

Feel physical pain

Example:

Were you hurting after the accident?

Synonyms:

ache; hurt; suffer

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "hurt" is one way to...):

comprehend; perceive (to become aware of through the senses)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hurt"):

kill (be the source of great pain for)

prick; sting; twinge (cause a stinging pain)

twinge (feel a sudden sharp, local pain)

catch; get (suffer from the receipt of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue hurt

Derivation:

hurt (any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.)

hurting (a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder)

Sense 7

Meaning:

Be the source of pain

Synonyms:

ache; hurt; smart

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "hurt" is one way to...):

cause to be perceived (have perceptible qualities)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hurt"):

bite; burn; sting (cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort)

burn (feel hot or painful)

itch (have or perceive an itch)

hunger (feel the need to eat)

thirst (feel the need to drink)

act up (make itself felt as a recurring pain)

throb (pulsate or pound with abnormal force)

shoot (cause a sharp and sudden pain in)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody's (body part) ----s

Sentence example:

Did his feet hurt?

Derivation:

hurt (psychological suffering)

hurting (a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder)

Credits

 Context examples: 

He thought too well of himself to comprehend on what motives his cousin could refuse him; and though his pride was hurt, he suffered in no other way.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

“No, not that,” she answered. “I was hurt.”

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

But of these, one was evidently more frightened than hurt, for he was on his feet again in a crack and instantly disappeared among the trees.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

When you accused me of hurting her I lost my grip of myself.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I do not intend to hurt you; listen to me.’

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Pesticides can protect your health by killing germs, animals, or plants that could hurt you.

(Pesticides, Environmental Protection Agency)

Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Does the patient believe that he/she is in danger (NPI) that others are planning to hurt him/her?

(NPI - He/She is in Danger, NCI Thesaurus)

Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument (MNSI) History; do your legs hurt when you walk?

(MNSI - Legs Hurt When Walking, NCI Thesaurus)

Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Does the patient say things to people that are insensitive or hurt their feelings?

(NPI - Say Things to People that are Insensitive, NCI Thesaurus)

Examples of obsessions are a fear of germs or a fear of being hurt.

(Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, NIH: National Institute of Mental Health)

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