hurt1 verbhurt2 adjectivehurt3 noun
hurthurt1 /hɜːt $ hɜːrt/ ●●● S1 W2 verb (past tense and past participle hurt) 
WORD ORIGINhurt1
Origin:
1100-1200 Old French hurter ‘to crash violently into’VERB TABLE
hurt
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | hurt |
| he, she, it | hurts | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | hurt |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have hurt |
| he, she, it | has hurt | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had hurt |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will hurt |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have hurt |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am hurting |
| he, she, it | is hurting | |
| you, we, they | are hurting | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was hurting |
| you, we, they | were hurting | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been hurting |
| he, she, it | has been hurting | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been hurting |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be hurting |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been hurting |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Dan was a good man. He'd never hurt anyone deliberately.
- Did it hurt when they stuck the needle in?
- I can't go running this week - I've hurt my foot.
- I fell and banged my knee, and it really hurts.
- I wanted to sit down, 'cause my leg was really hurting me.
- I would never do anything to hurt her.
- It hurts me to think that you still don't trust me.
- It hurts my knees to run.
- It really hurt me that Troy didn't even bother to introduce me.
- It won't hurt, I promise.
- Let go of my arm! You're hurting me!
- Most companies have been hurt by the economic slowdown.
- My feet hurt.
- My neck felt stiff and my shoulder hurt.
- Nick's hurt his back, and the doctor says he will have to rest for a few weeks.
- Put the stick down, Terry. You might hurt someone with it.
- Sammy! Don't throw stones, you'll hurt someone.
- Stop it - you're hurting me.
- That's a sharp knife. Be careful you don't hurt yourself.
- The fact that his parents take little interest in his life hurts him more than he admits.
- Charlton coped easily defensively, knowing that Boro lacked the pace to hurt them.
- It is going to hurt him here.
THESAURUSto injure yourself or someone else
to damage part of your body, or someone else’s body: · She slipped on the ice and hurt herself badly.· Be careful you don’t hurt anyone with that knife.
to hurt yourself quite severely, or to be hurt in an accident or fighting: · One of our players has injured his leg, and will be out of the game for weeks.· Four people have been seriously injured on the Arizona highway.
to deliberately hurt someone using a weapon such as a knife or gun: · The gunmen shot and killed twelve people and wounded three others.
[usually passive] to hurt someone very severely, especially so that they lose an arm, leg etc, often as the result of an explosion: · In countries where there are landmines, people are killed and maimed daily.
to hurt a part of your body by breaking a bone in it: · The X-ray showed that I had broken my wrist.
to hurt a part of your body when you fall on it or hit it, causing a dark mark to appear on your skin: · Cathy fell off her bike and bruised her legs badly.
to hurt your knee, wrist, shoulder etc by suddenly twisting it while you are moving: · I jumped down from the wall and landed awkwardly, spraining my ankle.
to hurt one of your muscles by stretching it or using it too much: · When you are lifting heavy loads, be careful not to strain a back muscle.
to damage a joint in your body in a way that moves the two parts of the joint out of their normal position: · Our best batsman dislocated his shoulder during training.
[usually passive] to make someone lose the ability to move part or all of their body: · A climbing accident had left him paralysed from the chest down.
when part of your body feels painful if part of your body hurts, it feels painful: · My chest hurts when I cough.
to hurt with a continuous pain: · I’d been walking all day and my legs were really aching.
to feel a bad pain that comes and goes again in a regular and continuous way: · Lou had a terrible headache and his whole head seemed to be throbbing.
to feel a sharp pain, or to make someone feel this, especially in your eyes, throat, or skin: · My throat stings every time I swallow.· This injection may sting a little.
to hurt with a sudden sharp pain – used especially about your eyes, or your skin where something has hit you: · Her eyes were smarting from the thick smoke.· Jackson’s face was still smarting from the punch.
to feel very hot and painful or uncomfortable: · Be careful because this chemical will make your skin burn.· His eyes were burning because of the gas.
if something you are wearing pinches you, it is too tight and presses painfully on your skin: · The shirt was a bit too small and it was pinching my neck.
spoken informal used when something feels very painful: · My legs are killing me.· These shoes are killing me.
if you have a bad back/leg/arm etc, it feels painful: · He’s off work with a bad back.
Longman Language Activatorhurt or injured in an accident, fight etc if someone is hurt or is injured , part of their body is damaged, especially in an accident or fight: · "Did you hear about that fire in the school?" "Yes, thank God no one was hurt."· Four people have been injured in a road accident on the Arizona highway.badly/seriously injured: · One man died, and another was seriously injured when a wall on a construction site collapsed.badly/seriously hurt: · Fortunately, the driver of the van was not badly hurt.slightly injured/hurt: · Six soldiers were slightly injured when a grenade exploded in a nearby truck.get hurt: · There were so many people at the match - it was lucky that no one got hurt.be fatally injured (=be injured so badly that someone dies): · The motorbike rider, Gregory Watts, was fatally injured in the crash.
to be injured in a war, a fight etc, by a weapon such as a knife, gun, or bomb: · The man, in his early 30s, was wounded in the stomach after two gunmen opened fire.be badly/seriously wounded: · During the first five months of the war, 10, 000 people died and over 12,000 were seriously wounded.be fatally wounded (=be wounded so badly that someone dies): · We heard that my brother had been fatally wounded in the battle, and died two days later.
to hurt a part of your body if you hurt a part of your body, you accidentally damage it so that it feels painful or you cannot move it easily: · Nick's hurt his back, and the doctor says he will have to rest for a few weeks.· I can't go running this week - I've hurt my foot.hurt yourself: · That's a sharp knife. Be careful you don't hurt yourself.
to hurt a part of your body, especially seriously and in a way that takes a long time to get better: · Tom injured his shoulder playing tennis.injure yourself: · Many elderly people injure themselves in their own homes, for example by slipping in the bath.
to hurt a part of your body when you fall or hit it against something, causing a dark, painful mark to form on your skin: · Mom fell on the ice and bruised the side of her leg.badly bruise: · Keller badly bruised a hip, and came off early in the second half of the match.· My skin bruises quite easily.
to hurt your knee, wrist, or another joint by twisting or pulling it suddenly and awkwardly: · I sprained my knee while I was playing basketball.· You'll need strong walking boots in the mountains, if you don't want to sprain an ankle.
to break a bone in your body: · It was such bad luck - it was our first time skiing and Nicola broke her leg.
to hurt your knee or another joint, by turning it too suddenly or strongly while you are moving: · I couldn't play, having twisted my knee in the previous night's game.· The doctor said that I'd wrenched my shoulder and shouldn't drive for a while.
: pull a muscle to injure a muscle by stretching it too much, especially during hard physical activity: · I pulled a muscle trying to move the piano into the apartment.· Crawford had been ordered to take a day's rest after pulling a leg muscle.
written to injure a part of your body fairly seriously, especially in a way that means it will take a long time to get better or will never get better: · Lewis damaged his knee in training and will not appear in the game.· When carrying out the operation, doctors have to take great care not to damage the delicate nerve endings.
to injure a joint by falling on it or stretching it so that the two parts of the joint are moved out of their normal position and stay out of position: · Sam dislocated his shoulder in a riding accident.
if part of your body is bleeding , blood is coming out of it because you have been injured: · His head was bleeding, and he'd obviously been in a fight.be bleeding from: · John saw that he was bleeding from some sort of wound on his chest.be bleeding heavily/profusely (=a lot of blood is coming out): · The cut on her leg had opened again and was bleeding heavily.
to hurt or injure someone to cause physical harm to someone and make them feel pain: · Let go of my arm! You're hurting me!· Dan was a good man. He'd never hurt anyone deliberately.hurt somebody with something: · Put the stick down, Terry. You might hurt someone with it.
to cause physical harm to someone, for example in an accident or fight: · The bomb killed eleven people and injured 55.badly/seriously/critically injure: · Several shots were fired, critically injuring three women.
to injure someone with a weapon such as a knife or gun, causing cuts, bleeding etc: · Two boys were on trial for wounding a sixteen-year-old girl with a revolver.wound somebody in the chest/knee etc: · The bullet wounded him in the shoulder.
formal to deliberately hurt a person or an animal: · Inflicting pain as a means of teaching children discipline is wrong.inflict pain on: · Most drugs can be produced quite successfully without inflicting pain on helpless animals.
to permanently injure someone to injure someone's legs or back so that they can never move or walk properly again: · The driver, who had been taking drugs, crippled the young woman for life.· Richard was crippled in the bombing of 1984, and had been in a wheelchair ever since.
to injure someone very seriously and permanently, especially in an accident or deliberate attack: · Surely terrorists cannot believe that killing and maiming ordinary people is an achievement?
damage to a part of the body · The glass roof collapsed onto the crowd, causing horrific injuries.· Our insurance provides cover in the case of illness or injury.leg/back etc injury · Unfortunately, she had to withdraw from the game because of a leg injury.serious injury · Wearing a helmet may protect you from serious injury.suffer an injury (=be injured) · He suffered serious injuries in the car crash, and died on the way to hospital.escape injury (=not be injured) · Ten passengers were lucky to escape injury when their train was derailed last night.injury to your leg/chest etc · Morrison had to undergo surgery on an injury to his left knee.
an injury caused by a weapon such as a knife, gun, or bomb: deep wound: · The wound was deep and needed eighteen stitches.bullet/stab/gunshot etc wound: · Barratt was taken to the hospital with stab wounds to his chest and neck.wound to the leg/chest etc: · He died of a single gunshot wound to the left side of his head.
a dark, painful mark on your skin where you have fallen or been hit: · Jenny looked as though she'd been crying, and there was a nasty bruise on her cheek.be covered in cuts and bruises: · Jack often comes home from rugby covered in cuts and bruises.
an injury in which you hurt a joint by twisting or pulling it suddenly and awkwardly: · It's a slight sprain - you should rest it for a few days.ankle/shoulder/knee etc sprain: · Robinson is suffering from an ankle sprain, and can't train this week.
written an injury that will take a long time to get better or that may never get better: · Never look straight at the sun. Any damage to the retina could cause permanent blindness.· Rubella is a serious infection, which can cause severe physical damage to the unborn child.
someone who is injured hurt in an accident, fight etc: · Firefighters had to cut off the roof of the car, so that the injured man could be lifted out.the injured (=people who are injured): · The injured were rushed to St Thomas's Hospital.
injured, especially in a war, by a weapon such as a knife, gun, or bomb: · a wounded soldier· There are over 4000 refugees in the camp, many of them wounded.the wounded (=people who are wounded): · Helicopters have been sent in to rescue the wounded from the war zone.
also paralyzed American unable to move part or all of your body because of a serious injury or illness: · Mrs Burrows had been paralysed by a stroke, and could not move or speak.leave somebody paralysed: · The fall had left him permanently paralysed.be paralysed from the neck/chest/waist down: · Paralysed from the neck down, Bundini could only move his eyes.
someone who has been injured or killed in a war, attack, or accident: · The bomb caused serious damage to the building, but there were no casualties.suffer casualties: · Indian troops have suffered more than 1200 casualties.
not hurt or injured to not be hurt, even though you have been in a dangerous situation such as an accident: · The driver of the car was unhurt, but his passenger was killed.escape unhurt: · Six day trippers escaped unhurt when their hot air balloon hit power lines.otherwise unhurt (=apart from a condition that is not serious or physical): · The younger woman was suffering from shock but was otherwise unhurt.shaken/shocked but unhurt (=shocked, but not physically hurt): · The two youths, shaken but unhurt, declined to talk about the incident.
to not be hurt or harmed, even though you have been in a dangerous situation: · The hostages were released unharmed some time afterwards.escape unharmed: · All fourteen people who were working inside the building when the blaze started escaped unharmed.
informal if you have a dangerous experience and escape from it without a scratch , you do not have any injury at all, because you have been very lucky: walk away/escape without a scratch: · All four people in the car were seriously hurt, but the truck driver walked away without a scratch.
informal not seriously hurt in a war, accident etc: · Unlike Ed, Josh returned from the war in one piece.all in one piece: · I was extremely relieved when my son came back from the warzone all in one piece.
to not get injured in a very dangerous situation you have been involved in, because you have been very lucky - used especially in news reports: · I can hardly believe they were able to just walk away from the crash -- I thought they'd all been killed.
written not injured at all, even though you have had a dangerous experience: · The bullet grazed the side of his head, leaving him virtually unscathed.escape/emerge/come out of something unscathed: · Most of the passengers escaped from the plane unscathed.
use this to say that someone will not be hurt if they do something, or was not hurt by doing something, going somewhere etc: · If you keep quiet, you'll come to no harm.· I'm sure Craig's old enough to catch a train into town without coming to any harm.· Fortunately, none of the hostages came to any serious harm.
to harm a person, group, country etc to have a bad effect on something, in a way that makes it weaker, less effective, or less successful: · Walking out without giving any notice will only harm your career.· Any scandal will certainly harm the company's reputation.· These new export restrictions are sure to harm the economy.· The most important consideration is that the environment is not harmed.
to permanently harm something such as the success, health, or image of a person, organization etc so that they are not as effective as before: · Several recent events have damaged the government's public image.· This is likely to damage Scott's reputation even more.seriously/badly damage something: · Smoking can seriously damage your health.· The company's future prospects will be badly damaged if this deal falls through.
to change or effect something in a harmful way: · Drinking so much is bound to have a bad effect on your health.· An increase in interest rates at the present time would definitely be bad for business.
to have a sudden bad effect on someone or something, harming them badly: · A sudden rise in inflation always hits living standards.be badly hit: · Southern England has been badly hit by flooding, and many homes are now without power.hit something/somebody hard: · Elderly people were the hardest hit by the increase in tax on fuel.
to have a bad effect on an organization or activity, by making it less successful or effective: · Most companies have been hurt by the economic slowdown.· This is mainly going to hurt those who already have least.
to harm the plans, chances, confidence etc of a person or organization: · It would be stupid to pretend this was anything but a blow to the prime minister.be a big/serious/severe etc blow: · The incident was a severe blow to UN peace efforts.· Losing the match against Rumania, dealt a huge blow to the team.
to harm something such as an ability or the way a body or system works - use this especially in medical or technical contexts: · If a witness is allowed to withhold evidence, it impairs the legal process.· Alcohol significantly impairs your ability to drive a car or operate machinery.
formal to be likely to harm something: · Working in front of a computer all day may be detrimental to your eyesight.· Any further housing development will be detrimental to the character of this small town.
if you do something at the expense of someone or something else, you do it in order to gain an advantage, even if it harms them or has a bad effect on them: · Cigarette manufacturers continue to pursue profit at the expense of our children.· Many people are now working a fifty or sixty hour week, at the expense of their family life.
to seriously harm something by causing a lot of harm and confusion: · A major computer failure wrought havoc on the New York Subway last night.wreak havoc/play havoc with: · Working so late is starting to play havoc with her social life.
when a part of your body feels painful a part of your body that feels painful makes you feel pain: · Jim's knee was still painful where he had fallen on it.· The child suffered painful stomach cramps and vomiting after drinking one of the contaminated drinks.
a part of your body that is sore hurts when you touch or use it, and is often red: · His eyes looked red and sore, as if he had been rubbing them.· Martin was unable to score at all in the game, complaining of a sore knee.sore throat: · She missed more than ten performances that year due to a persistent sore throat and cough.
a part of the body that is tender is painful when it is touched: · My mouth was tender and swollen where he had hit me.· Now I'm going to press down on several places around your knee, and you tell me when it feels tender.
if a part of your body hurts , you feel pain in it, for example because you have hit it or cut it, or because you are ill: · My neck felt stiff and my shoulder hurt.· I fell and banged my knee, and it really hurts.
if a part of your body aches , you feel a pain in it that is continuous but not very strong - use this about pains in your arms, legs, or back, or in your head or stomach: · My arms ached from carrying all the groceries.· She felt hot and her head was beginning to ache.· I went to dance class last week, and I've been aching ever since.
to hurt with a sudden sharp pain for a short time - use this about your eyes or your skin: · The smoke made our eyes sting.· His cheek stung where his mother had slapped him.
if a part of your body throbs you feel pain that seems to get stronger and weaker in a regular repeated pattern: · By late afternoon my head was throbbing, and I couldn't see straight.· He limped heavily, nursing his throbbing ankle.a throbbing pain: · I felt a throbbing pain in my left shin, and pulled up my trouser leg to see what was causing it.
when something makes someone feel pain if something or someone hurts you, they make you feel pain: · Did it hurt when they stuck the needle in?· Stop it - you're hurting me.
to cause a sudden sharp pain on your skin or in your eyes for a short time: · The antiseptic might sting a little.· The smoke stung my eyes.
if a substance irritates a part of your body, especially your eyes or your skin, it makes it become sore: · The pollen irritated my eyes, which were red and streaming with tears.· Nineteen percent of women will still use a beauty product, even if it irritates their skin.
if pain or a particular movement is agonizing or excruciating , it is extremely strong so that you are almost unable to move or do something: · The pain moved to my elbow, and it became agonizing to even lift my arm.· The excruciating pain in his kidneys made him gasp.
especially British, informal if something you do or something someone does to you is agony , it hurts a lot: · It was agony having my tooth removed - I don't think the dentist knew what he was doing.· Climbing five flights of stairs with all those bags was absolute bloody agony.
when there is no pain if something does not hurt , it is not painful: · I twisted my ankle a little, but it doesn't hurt.· Don't worry - it's a very quick procedure and it won't hurt.
something that is painless does not hurt - use this especially when someone is worried that it might hurt: · The operation is simple and painless.
spoken to not feel any pain at all: · Don't worry about the injection - you won't feel a thing.· The guys who were fighting were so drunk, I'm sure they didn't feel a thing.
to make someone feel upset · I'm sorry if I upset you - I didn't mean to.· "Why's he crying?" "I don't know - something must have upset him."· Try not to upset your father. He's had a hard day.it upsets somebody to see/hear/think etc · It still upsets me to think about my parents' divorce.what upsets somebody is · What upsets me most is the way she lied to me.
to make someone feel upset by being unkind to them or not thinking enough about their feelings, especially someone who trusts you and thinks you are their friend: · I would never do anything to hurt her.· The fact that his parents take little interest in his life hurts him more than he admits.it hurts somebody to see/hear/learn etc: · It hurts me to think that you still don't trust me.
to make someone feel upset or offended by something that you say or do, often unintentionally: · I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings, but I was just being honest.· Don't tell your sister what William said - you'll only hurt her feelings.· I didn't tell him I don't like his haircut - I don't want to hurt his feelings.
formal to make someone feel extremely upset or worried: · The number of young men who called asking for Marie distressed her mother.it distresses somebody to see/hear etc: · It distressed him to see Susie cry.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
He hurt his knee playing football. I didn’t mean to hurt your feelings.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES You might get hurt if you stand there. Mind the camera doesn’t get broken. My dad got killed in a car crash.
He hurt his knee playing football. informal (=hurt very much) My shoulder hurts like hell.
My shoulder hurts like hell. I didn’t mean to hurt your feelings.· Fortunately no one was badly hurt.
(=make someone feel upset)· I hope I didn't hurt your feelings.
· Simon injured his foot while playing rugby.
· She complained that her foot was hurting.
You might get hurt if you stand there. Mind the camera doesn’t get broken. My dad got killed in a car crash.· Her head was throbbing and she needed to lie down.
· He was seriously injured in a car accident on Friday.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· Another of those badly hurt was Mr Alan Ray, a taxi driver.· My poor fellow, you are badly hurt.· She came to Gentle's aid as soon as he appeared, the exchange between them short and functional: was he badly hurt?· Qaddafi escaped, although his daughter was killed and his prestige was badly hurt.· He was treated at Darlington Memorial but was said to be not badly hurt.· A young man who overestimated his ability got himself badly hurt.· None of us was hurt badly.· But they sharply curtailed their buying in the 1990s as a strengthening yen badly hurt their dollar-denominated positions.
· A source close to the player last night made it clear that he was deeply hurt at being dropped from the match.· As a result some Volunteers were later surprised and deeply hurt.· She was deeply hurt that Gabriel no longer loved her.· They feel betrayed by the Church, they are deeply hurt and often openly claim to have lost their faith.· There are people here who love Pat and who will be deeply hurt and upset by this brutal interference.· But the one most deeply hurt was Rosie herself.· Therefore when Jack's attitude and manner began to grow colder she was deeply hurt.
· It never hurts to be gentle and courteous as well as firm.· But, miraculously, his feet never hurt him; not when walking on snow, not when walking through the mountains.· I know you'd never hurt me.· Finally, it never hurts to wear our own love of reading on our sleeve.· We never hurt some one by being honest and genuine.· So, it never hurts to have a gimmick.· In business it never hurts to be cautious.· Ulf Samuelsson never hurt him this badly.
· He saw that he had really hurt the Woman.· This is what really hurt his sisters.· It is the struggle to suppress our pain which really hurts.· The Soviets were really hurting at the time in terms of economics and foreign exchange.· But what really hurts is the friendly fire.· Yeah, but it really hurt then!· These games don't really hurt me, only yourself.· It really hurts me to have people get mad at me.
· Mosley was himself quite seriously hurt by a brick at a meeting in Liverpool in 1937.· Unfavorable weather conditions have seriously hurt three of the last four cherry harvests.· Fortunately Diana was not seriously hurt by the fall although she did suffer severe bruising around her stomach.· Fortunately only one legislator was seriously hurt.· I'd been right in thinking that he wasn't seriously hurt, and they soon had him well again.· If both children in these examples were to become flexible caretakers, their parents would be seriously hurt.· His nose had bled and his forehead and face were badly bruised from his fall; but he was not seriously hurt.· It was a miracle none of us was seriously hurt.
· He lives in the same town and it still hurts her to see him.· But as soon as the game began, it was obvious that Young was still hurting.· Her feet still hurt and she felt the tingle of cramp in her right arm where Jane's head rested heavily.· But the relief was expected to be short-lived, because the economy and corporate earnings are still hurting.· My thighs were still hurting as we carried on into the countryside, in spite of the folded jacket.· Three years after the surgery, the unhealed scar still hurt on occasion.· Surely it should not be hurting still, so long after he'd supposedly accepted his wife's insanity?· It still hurt a little, but I wanted it.
NOUN· It hurt her arms but had no effect on the android.· It hurt his arm a little.· So many fighters say their elbow hurt, their arm hurt, their foot hurt.
· And that, in turn, can hurt your child.· There is quite an art in scattering the pennies so that they do not hurt the children.· Sometimes when I see movies that hurt me as a child, the pain is minor.· Other parents complained that he hurt their children and these complaints made the staff feel challenged and uneasy.· Therefore he was free to behave as irresponsibly as he liked without fear of hurting me or our child.· The poor, hurt, silly child.· On such a splendid and most holy day you do not want to read about hurt children.
· I know he lost his legs first, and then his fingers-he died alone and it hurt like hell.· I was able to breathe only with the utmost difficulty, and my arm hurt like hell.· It hurt like hell but he was damned if he was going to let the gunman escape.· My forehead hurt like hell and my body was bruised all over, but no bones were broken.
· At the end of every day his back was tired and his legs hurt, but he slept like a baby.· Plus, I was hurt, my leg was hurting.· Her leg hurt as if the muscles were strung too tightly from hip to knee.· I've got gravel wounds in my back and my leg hurts where they took a skin graft.· Her legs began to hurt and she considered from time to time the possibility of varicose veins.
· It's not in my nature to hurt people.· But he will know as he is playing them that hurting people is wrong.· Bogdanovich is not in the business of prescribing exercises that will hurt people.· He's still got the power to hurt people.· The other camp thought we were there to hurt people on purpose, to cause infections and maim people.· Police suspected that the boys, whose fun and games hurt a lot of people, were on drugs.· But it hurts when people get the idea there are programs for us here and for them over there.
· I hurt her pride and she was never able to come to terms with that.· All account-making springs from False Personality; through hurt vanity or pride, or wounded self-conceit, etc.· His wife has a job and it hurts his pride, although he is grateful for the money.· Two walking sticks used to hurt his pride.· It hurt his pride and inevitably he became jealous.· For the first time in his career he had failed to produce the goods and that hurt his pride.· A surge of male vanity and hurt pride swept over him.
VERB· And say that we don't want anyone to get hurt.· Because they were in the same survival network and did not want to hurt the officials' careers.· Yes, she's sided against you with your ex but do you really want to hurt her?· They did not want to hurt me.· I didn't want to hurt either of them and I didn't see why we couldn't make a threesome.· On such a splendid and most holy day you do not want to read about hurt children.· I don't want her hurt.· But 1 never wanted to hurt her, 1 want you to know that.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► somebody wouldn’t hurt/harm a fly
- Martha's going through a divorce and really hurting right now.
- Tony has a car, a country club membership - he's not hurting.
- A lot of people are hurting.
- As the recession deepened into slump, the people tried to tell their government they were hurting.
- However, critics say in doing so, Congress is hurting the poorest of the poor.
- Plus, I was hurt, my leg was hurting.
- She was tired, and her arms and back were hurting.
- They told him his protest was hurting his cause.
- What must be hurting him today is that others did not have the courage to do the same to him.
- When Mary left, I knew how much you were hurting.
- The house looks pretty good, but a fresh paint job wouldn't hurt either.
- I know he lost his legs first, and then his fingers-he died alone and it hurt like hell.
- I remember running like hell, knowing I was being pursued and looking back for Sarah, who didn't join me.
- I was able to breathe only with the utmost difficulty, and my arm hurt like hell.
- Must have fought like hell to find its niche within the forest, to distinguish itself within the pack.
- My forehead hurt like hell and my body was bruised all over, but no bones were broken.
- Run, North, run; just run like hell.
- Spring sauntered north, but he had to run like hell to keep it as his traveling companion.
- We fought like hell for most of the time.
- Instead of locking up drug offenders, hit them where it really hurts - in the wallet.
- Tax day hits him hard, hits him where it hurts the most.
WORD FAMILYnounhurthurtfulnessadjectivehurt ≠ unhurthurtfulverbhurtadverbhurtfully
1injure somebody [transitive] to injure yourself or someone else: Was anyone hurt in the accident? Put that thing down – you might hurt someone with it.hurt your arm/leg/nose etc He hurt his knee playing football.hurt yourself Be careful you don’t fall and hurt yourself.2feel pain [intransitive] to feel pain in part of your body: My back hurts. Where does it hurt? It hurts when I try to move my leg.hurt like hell informal (=hurt very much) My shoulder hurts like hell.3cause pain [transitive] to cause pain in a part of your body: The sun’s hurting my eyes.4insult somebody [intransitive, transitive] to make someone feel very upset, unhappy, sad etc: I didn’t mean to hurt your feelings.it hurts (somebody) to do something What hurts is that he never even said goodbye. It hurt me to think that you hated me.5bad effect [transitive] to have a bad effect on someone or something, especially by making them less successful or powerful: Foreign competition has hurt the company’s position in the market.6be hurting American English a)informal to feel very upset or unhappy about something: Martha’s going through a divorce and really hurting right now. b)if a group, organization etc is hurting, they do not have something important that they needhurt for The team is hurting for quarterbacks.7something won’t/doesn’t hurt spoken said when you think someone should do something or that something is a good idea: The house looks pretty good, but a fresh paint job wouldn’t hurt either.it won’t/doesn’t hurt (somebody) to do something It won’t hurt Julia to get up early for a change.THESAURUSto injure yourself or someone elsehurt to damage part of your body, or someone else’s body: · She slipped on the ice and hurt herself badly.· Be careful you don’t hurt anyone with that knife.injure to hurt yourself quite severely, or to be hurt in an accident or fighting: · One of our players has injured his leg, and will be out of the game for weeks.· Four people have been seriously injured on the Arizona highway.wound to deliberately hurt someone using a weapon such as a knife or gun: · The gunmen shot and killed twelve people and wounded three others.maim /meɪm/ [usually passive] to hurt someone very severely, especially so that they lose an arm, leg etc, often as the result of an explosion: · In countries where there are landmines, people are killed and maimed daily.break to hurt a part of your body by breaking a bone in it: · The X-ray showed that I had broken my wrist.bruise to hurt a part of your body when you fall on it or hit it, causing a dark mark to appear on your skin: · Cathy fell off her bike and bruised her legs badly.sprain/twist to hurt your knee, wrist, shoulder etc by suddenly twisting it while you are moving: · I jumped down from the wall and landed awkwardly, spraining my ankle.strain/pull to hurt one of your muscles by stretching it or using it too much: · When you are lifting heavy loads, be careful not to strain a back muscle.dislocate to damage a joint in your body in a way that moves the two parts of the joint out of their normal position: · Our best batsman dislocated his shoulder during training.paralyse [usually passive] to make someone lose the ability to move part or all of their body: · A climbing accident had left him paralysed from the chest down.when part of your body feels painfulhurt if part of your body hurts, it feels painful: · My chest hurts when I cough.ache to hurt with a continuous pain: · I’d been walking all day and my legs were really aching.throb to feel a bad pain that comes and goes again in a regular and continuous way: · Lou had a terrible headache and his whole head seemed to be throbbing.sting to feel a sharp pain, or to make someone feel this, especially in your eyes, throat, or skin: · My throat stings every time I swallow.· This injection may sting a little.smart to hurt with a sudden sharp pain – used especially about your eyes, or your skin where something has hit you: · Her eyes were smarting from the thick smoke.· Jackson’s face was still smarting from the punch.burn to feel very hot and painful or uncomfortable: · Be careful because this chemical will make your skin burn.· His eyes were burning because of the gas.pinch if something you are wearing pinches you, it is too tight and presses painfully on your skin: · The shirt was a bit too small and it was pinching my neck.something is killing me spoken informal used when something feels very painful: · My legs are killing me.· These shoes are killing me.a bad back/leg/arm etc if you have a bad back/leg/arm etc, it feels painful: · He’s off work with a bad back.hurt1 verbhurt2 adjectivehurt3 noun
hurthurt2 ●●● S3 adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a hurt expression
- Bill felt very hurt when he realized she had lied to him.
- Gretta was really hurt that none of her friends came to visit her in the hospital.
- Jackson was said to be 'deeply hurt' by the newspaper reports about him.
- I've been through it all before, and I felt sure you were going to get hurt.
- I don't want anybody to get hurt.
- In part two: Hard Cheese.Bank holiday tradition leaves twelve hurt.
- Male speaker People are going to get hurt, whichever way the vote goes.
- None of the children have been seriously hurt.
- The lightning bolt hit the house in Kingsteignton, south Devon, but no-one was hurt, said police.
THESAURUS
[not before noun] unhappy and worried because something unpleasant or disappointing has happened: · Miss Hurley is too upset to speak to anyone at the moment.· She’s still deeply upset about her uncle’s death.· He’s upset that he didn’t get an invitation to their wedding.
upset and shocked because someone has been unkind to you, especially someone that you trusted and thought was a friend: · Bill felt deeply hurt when he realized she had lied to him.· Gretta was really hurt that none of her friends came to visit her in the hospital.· Jackson was said to be ‘deeply hurt’ by the newspaper reports about him.· He had a hurt expression on his face.
very upset: · Priests have been counselling distressed relatives of the victims.· She was visibly distressed after hearing of her husband’s accident.· Matilda was too distressed to speak.
written so upset and worried that you are unable to do normal things, and nothing can make you feel calm: · Benson was so distraught over the breakup of his marriage that he felt like committing suicide.· The distraught parents of the missing baby have made a public appeal for her return.
British English informal so upset that you cannot stop crying: · She called me one night in a terrible state, saying she wanted to die.· I could see that she was in a bit of a state.
informal to be very upset or angry, so that you think things are worse than they really are: · I was too worked up to sleep.· It’s not worth getting worked up about. Anyone can make a mistake.
Longman Language Activatorhurt or injured in an accident, fight etc if someone is hurt or is injured , part of their body is damaged, especially in an accident or fight: · "Did you hear about that fire in the school?" "Yes, thank God no one was hurt."· Four people have been injured in a road accident on the Arizona highway.badly/seriously injured: · One man died, and another was seriously injured when a wall on a construction site collapsed.badly/seriously hurt: · Fortunately, the driver of the van was not badly hurt.slightly injured/hurt: · Six soldiers were slightly injured when a grenade exploded in a nearby truck.get hurt: · There were so many people at the match - it was lucky that no one got hurt.be fatally injured (=be injured so badly that someone dies): · The motorbike rider, Gregory Watts, was fatally injured in the crash.
to be injured in a war, a fight etc, by a weapon such as a knife, gun, or bomb: · The man, in his early 30s, was wounded in the stomach after two gunmen opened fire.be badly/seriously wounded: · During the first five months of the war, 10, 000 people died and over 12,000 were seriously wounded.be fatally wounded (=be wounded so badly that someone dies): · We heard that my brother had been fatally wounded in the battle, and died two days later.
to hurt a part of your body if you hurt a part of your body, you accidentally damage it so that it feels painful or you cannot move it easily: · Nick's hurt his back, and the doctor says he will have to rest for a few weeks.· I can't go running this week - I've hurt my foot.hurt yourself: · That's a sharp knife. Be careful you don't hurt yourself.
to hurt a part of your body, especially seriously and in a way that takes a long time to get better: · Tom injured his shoulder playing tennis.injure yourself: · Many elderly people injure themselves in their own homes, for example by slipping in the bath.
to hurt a part of your body when you fall or hit it against something, causing a dark, painful mark to form on your skin: · Mom fell on the ice and bruised the side of her leg.badly bruise: · Keller badly bruised a hip, and came off early in the second half of the match.· My skin bruises quite easily.
to hurt your knee, wrist, or another joint by twisting or pulling it suddenly and awkwardly: · I sprained my knee while I was playing basketball.· You'll need strong walking boots in the mountains, if you don't want to sprain an ankle.
to break a bone in your body: · It was such bad luck - it was our first time skiing and Nicola broke her leg.
to hurt your knee or another joint, by turning it too suddenly or strongly while you are moving: · I couldn't play, having twisted my knee in the previous night's game.· The doctor said that I'd wrenched my shoulder and shouldn't drive for a while.
: pull a muscle to injure a muscle by stretching it too much, especially during hard physical activity: · I pulled a muscle trying to move the piano into the apartment.· Crawford had been ordered to take a day's rest after pulling a leg muscle.
written to injure a part of your body fairly seriously, especially in a way that means it will take a long time to get better or will never get better: · Lewis damaged his knee in training and will not appear in the game.· When carrying out the operation, doctors have to take great care not to damage the delicate nerve endings.
to injure a joint by falling on it or stretching it so that the two parts of the joint are moved out of their normal position and stay out of position: · Sam dislocated his shoulder in a riding accident.
if part of your body is bleeding , blood is coming out of it because you have been injured: · His head was bleeding, and he'd obviously been in a fight.be bleeding from: · John saw that he was bleeding from some sort of wound on his chest.be bleeding heavily/profusely (=a lot of blood is coming out): · The cut on her leg had opened again and was bleeding heavily.
to hurt or injure someone to cause physical harm to someone and make them feel pain: · Let go of my arm! You're hurting me!· Dan was a good man. He'd never hurt anyone deliberately.hurt somebody with something: · Put the stick down, Terry. You might hurt someone with it.
to cause physical harm to someone, for example in an accident or fight: · The bomb killed eleven people and injured 55.badly/seriously/critically injure: · Several shots were fired, critically injuring three women.
to injure someone with a weapon such as a knife or gun, causing cuts, bleeding etc: · Two boys were on trial for wounding a sixteen-year-old girl with a revolver.wound somebody in the chest/knee etc: · The bullet wounded him in the shoulder.
formal to deliberately hurt a person or an animal: · Inflicting pain as a means of teaching children discipline is wrong.inflict pain on: · Most drugs can be produced quite successfully without inflicting pain on helpless animals.
to permanently injure someone to injure someone's legs or back so that they can never move or walk properly again: · The driver, who had been taking drugs, crippled the young woman for life.· Richard was crippled in the bombing of 1984, and had been in a wheelchair ever since.
to injure someone very seriously and permanently, especially in an accident or deliberate attack: · Surely terrorists cannot believe that killing and maiming ordinary people is an achievement?
damage to a part of the body · The glass roof collapsed onto the crowd, causing horrific injuries.· Our insurance provides cover in the case of illness or injury.leg/back etc injury · Unfortunately, she had to withdraw from the game because of a leg injury.serious injury · Wearing a helmet may protect you from serious injury.suffer an injury (=be injured) · He suffered serious injuries in the car crash, and died on the way to hospital.escape injury (=not be injured) · Ten passengers were lucky to escape injury when their train was derailed last night.injury to your leg/chest etc · Morrison had to undergo surgery on an injury to his left knee.
an injury caused by a weapon such as a knife, gun, or bomb: deep wound: · The wound was deep and needed eighteen stitches.bullet/stab/gunshot etc wound: · Barratt was taken to the hospital with stab wounds to his chest and neck.wound to the leg/chest etc: · He died of a single gunshot wound to the left side of his head.
a dark, painful mark on your skin where you have fallen or been hit: · Jenny looked as though she'd been crying, and there was a nasty bruise on her cheek.be covered in cuts and bruises: · Jack often comes home from rugby covered in cuts and bruises.
an injury in which you hurt a joint by twisting or pulling it suddenly and awkwardly: · It's a slight sprain - you should rest it for a few days.ankle/shoulder/knee etc sprain: · Robinson is suffering from an ankle sprain, and can't train this week.
written an injury that will take a long time to get better or that may never get better: · Never look straight at the sun. Any damage to the retina could cause permanent blindness.· Rubella is a serious infection, which can cause severe physical damage to the unborn child.
someone who is injured hurt in an accident, fight etc: · Firefighters had to cut off the roof of the car, so that the injured man could be lifted out.the injured (=people who are injured): · The injured were rushed to St Thomas's Hospital.
injured, especially in a war, by a weapon such as a knife, gun, or bomb: · a wounded soldier· There are over 4000 refugees in the camp, many of them wounded.the wounded (=people who are wounded): · Helicopters have been sent in to rescue the wounded from the war zone.
also paralyzed American unable to move part or all of your body because of a serious injury or illness: · Mrs Burrows had been paralysed by a stroke, and could not move or speak.leave somebody paralysed: · The fall had left him permanently paralysed.be paralysed from the neck/chest/waist down: · Paralysed from the neck down, Bundini could only move his eyes.
someone who has been injured or killed in a war, attack, or accident: · The bomb caused serious damage to the building, but there were no casualties.suffer casualties: · Indian troops have suffered more than 1200 casualties.
not hurt or injured to not be hurt, even though you have been in a dangerous situation such as an accident: · The driver of the car was unhurt, but his passenger was killed.escape unhurt: · Six day trippers escaped unhurt when their hot air balloon hit power lines.otherwise unhurt (=apart from a condition that is not serious or physical): · The younger woman was suffering from shock but was otherwise unhurt.shaken/shocked but unhurt (=shocked, but not physically hurt): · The two youths, shaken but unhurt, declined to talk about the incident.
to not be hurt or harmed, even though you have been in a dangerous situation: · The hostages were released unharmed some time afterwards.escape unharmed: · All fourteen people who were working inside the building when the blaze started escaped unharmed.
informal if you have a dangerous experience and escape from it without a scratch , you do not have any injury at all, because you have been very lucky: walk away/escape without a scratch: · All four people in the car were seriously hurt, but the truck driver walked away without a scratch.
informal not seriously hurt in a war, accident etc: · Unlike Ed, Josh returned from the war in one piece.all in one piece: · I was extremely relieved when my son came back from the warzone all in one piece.
to not get injured in a very dangerous situation you have been involved in, because you have been very lucky - used especially in news reports: · I can hardly believe they were able to just walk away from the crash -- I thought they'd all been killed.
written not injured at all, even though you have had a dangerous experience: · The bullet grazed the side of his head, leaving him virtually unscathed.escape/emerge/come out of something unscathed: · Most of the passengers escaped from the plane unscathed.
use this to say that someone will not be hurt if they do something, or was not hurt by doing something, going somewhere etc: · If you keep quiet, you'll come to no harm.· I'm sure Craig's old enough to catch a train into town without coming to any harm.· Fortunately, none of the hostages came to any serious harm.
feeling upset unhappy because something very unpleasant or disappointing has happened, so that you feel shocked or you want to cry: · Miss Hurley is too upset to speak to anyone at the moment.· The children were very upset when we told them that we wouldn't be going to Disneyland.upset about: · She's still upset about her uncle's death.upset (that): · The organizers were upset that so few people visited the exhibition.
upset and shocked because someone has been unkind to you, especially someone that you trusted and thought was a friend: · Bill felt very hurt when he realized she had lied to him.hurt (that): · Gretta was really hurt that none of her friends came to visit her in the hospital.deeply hurt (=extremely hurt): · Jackson was said to be 'deeply hurt' by the newspaper reports about him.
extremely upset and shocked about something very unpleasant that has happened, so that you cry or become confused: · Herman becomes distressed when anyone asks him about the accident.· The airport was full of distressed relatives waiting for news of the crash.distressed by/about/at: · Everyone in the office was distressed by Maggie's unexpected death.· Nelson's supporters were distressed about his use of racial slurs.distressed that: · I was crying all the time, and my mother was distressed that she could do nothing to comfort me.distressed to hear/learn/see/find etc: · We were all distressed to hear that Stuart had been attacked the night before.deeply distressed (=extremely distressed): · She was deeply distressed to see the animal in so much pain.
extremely upset, usually because you are very worried about something, so that you cry a lot or seem confused: · He could see that I was distraught, but he still kept asking me questions.· The distraught parents of the missing baby have made a public appeal for her return.distraught at/over/about: · We were all distraught about the accident, but Mama was the most upset.· Benson was so distraught over the breakup of his marriage that he committed suicide.distraught that: · Casey was totally distraught that they were throwing him out of school.
British informal to be so upset that you cannot stop crying or control your emotions: · Stephan called me in a state, saying he was thinking of killing himself.· The children were in such a state that the police couldn't question them.be in an awful/terrible/shocking etc state: · He's been in a terrible state since Julie left him.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Fortunately, no one was seriously hurt. Sometimes players get hurt in training. Rachel felt hurt and betrayed. He’s no good for you, Jenny. You’ll only get hurt again. Alice was deeply hurt that she hadn’t been invited.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES You might get hurt if you stand there. Mind the camera doesn’t get broken. My dad got killed in a car crash.
Fortunately, no one was seriously hurt. Sometimes players get hurt in training. Rachel felt hurt and betrayed. He’s no good for you, Jenny. You’ll only get hurt again. Alice was deeply hurt that she hadn’t been invited.· Fortunately no one was badly hurt.
(=make someone feel upset)· I hope I didn't hurt your feelings.
· Simon injured his foot while playing rugby.
· She complained that her foot was hurting.
You might get hurt if you stand there. Mind the camera doesn’t get broken. My dad got killed in a car crash.· Her head was throbbing and she needed to lie down.
· He was seriously injured in a car accident on Friday.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· I was badly hurt, but I escaped and ran into the open country.· He sees a specialist tomorrow but the club are optimistic that he is not as badly hurt as first feared.· Can't you see the boy's badly hurt.· Penguins and seals have been found entangled in lengths of fishing net, some of them dead and many others badly hurt.· Then he saw, with relief, that she did not seem to be badly hurt.
· None of the children have been seriously hurt.· But an ambulance spokesman said the man was not seriously hurt, although he suffered shock.· The stadium's been warned to improve the track before some one is seriously hurt.· A third passenger, a seventeen year old girl, was not seriously hurt.· There was no real risk or danger - he would just have been buffeted, not seriously hurt.· None of the elderly people involved is seriously hurt, but police say they quite easily could have been.
NOUN· Exhaustion triumphed over hurt pride and other parts of the anatomy.· And as for last night's embarrassment, hurt pride could heal, if she set her mind to it.· It was foolish hurt pride that made me behave so coldly towards you.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► somebody wouldn’t hurt/harm a fly
- I know he lost his legs first, and then his fingers-he died alone and it hurt like hell.
- I remember running like hell, knowing I was being pursued and looking back for Sarah, who didn't join me.
- I was able to breathe only with the utmost difficulty, and my arm hurt like hell.
- Must have fought like hell to find its niche within the forest, to distinguish itself within the pack.
- My forehead hurt like hell and my body was bruised all over, but no bones were broken.
- Run, North, run; just run like hell.
- Spring sauntered north, but he had to run like hell to keep it as his traveling companion.
- We fought like hell for most of the time.
- Instead of locking up drug offenders, hit them where it really hurts - in the wallet.
- Tax day hits him hard, hits him where it hurts the most.
WORD FAMILYnounhurthurtfulnessadjectivehurt ≠ unhurthurtfulverbhurtadverbhurtfully
1[not usually before noun] suffering pain or injury SYN injuredbadly/seriously hurt Fortunately, no one was seriously hurt. Sometimes players get hurt in training.2very upset or unhappy because someone has said or done something unkind, dishonest, or unfair: Rachel felt hurt and betrayed. He’s no good for you, Jenny. You’ll only get hurt again. his hurt pride She wore a hurt expression on her face.very/deeply hurt Alice was deeply hurt that she hadn’t been invited.hurt1 verbhurt2 adjectivehurt3 noun
hurthurt3 ●○○ noun [countable, uncountable] EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- I cannot describe the hurt and anger I feel.
- Sylvie could still remember the hurt of being treated like an outsider.
- I can hardly see it anyway, through the mist of my hurt.
- It was the time of my own personal greatness, before any human hurt had got in the way.
- Man, however, lacks the emotional capacity of woman, and can stand free of sentimental attachments or hurts.
- She already knew that she would but inside she felt a great hurt begin to grow.
- Their hurt found expression in the person of the secretary's wife, sitting opposite.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES You might get hurt if you stand there. Mind the camera doesn’t get broken. My dad got killed in a car crash.
· Fortunately no one was badly hurt.
(=make someone feel upset)· I hope I didn't hurt your feelings.
· Simon injured his foot while playing rugby.
· She complained that her foot was hurting.
You might get hurt if you stand there. Mind the camera doesn’t get broken. My dad got killed in a car crash.· Her head was throbbing and she needed to lie down.
· He was seriously injured in a car accident on Friday.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► somebody wouldn’t hurt/harm a fly
- I know he lost his legs first, and then his fingers-he died alone and it hurt like hell.
- I remember running like hell, knowing I was being pursued and looking back for Sarah, who didn't join me.
- I was able to breathe only with the utmost difficulty, and my arm hurt like hell.
- Must have fought like hell to find its niche within the forest, to distinguish itself within the pack.
- My forehead hurt like hell and my body was bruised all over, but no bones were broken.
- Run, North, run; just run like hell.
- Spring sauntered north, but he had to run like hell to keep it as his traveling companion.
- We fought like hell for most of the time.
- Instead of locking up drug offenders, hit them where it really hurts - in the wallet.
- Tax day hits him hard, hits him where it hurts the most.
WORD FAMILYnounhurthurtfulnessadjectivehurt ≠ unhurthurtfulverbhurtadverbhurtfully
a feeling of great unhappiness because someone, especially someone you trust, has treated you badly or unfairly: She saw the hurt in his eyes. all the hurts and wrongs of the past