hurt
be the source of pain
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,030 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 17,845 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.008% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- be the source of pain also: ache, smart
- give trouble or pain to This exercise will hurt your back
- cause emotional anguish or make miserable also: pain, anguish It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school
- cause damage or affect negatively also: injure Our business was hurt by the new competition
- hurt the feelings of also: wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite She hurt me when she did not include me among her guestsThis remark really bruised my ego
- feel physical pain also: ache, suffer Were you hurting after the accident?
noun
- any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc. also: injury, harm, trauma
hurt in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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But this had not hurt Lady Maria.
Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1
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Oh, what a cruel beastie To hurt a dragon’s claw!
Poems Every Child Should Know · Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth) [Editor] Burt · Chapter 1
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I hurt it when I was trying to root up an oak-tree.’
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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She evidently felt hurt by the tone of this species of interrogatory.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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And so Tom hurt his head; but he was a brave boy, and did not mind that a penny.
The Water-Babies · Charles Kingsley · Chapter 1