hurt

adjective

UK /hɜː(r)t/

1
injured, or feeling physical pain
A child could get hurt, climbing that thing.
hurt by/in something:
Two young men were badly hurt in the accident.
Several people were hurt by flying glass.
Synonyms and related words
In pain
agonised
agonized
anguished
Synonyms and related words
Injured, wounded or hurt
injured
wounded
hurt
Collocates
Adverbs frequently used with hurt
▪ badly, physically, really, seriously, slightly
2
feeling emotional pain, usually because of someone’s behaviour
She left feeling angry and deeply hurt.
hurt by:
Andy was terribly hurt by his first marriage.
Synonyms and related words
Feeling or expressing strong emotions
emotional
passionate
ardent
Collocates
Adverbs frequently used with hurt
▪ deeply, dreadfully, easily, really, so, terribly

hurt

adjective

US /hɜrt/

1
injured, or feeling physical pain
A child could get hurt, climbing that thing.
hurt by/in something:
Two young men were badly hurt in the accident.
Several people were hurt by flying glass.
Synonyms and related words
In pain
agonised
agonized
anguished
Synonyms and related words
Injured, wounded or hurt
injured
wounded
hurt
Collocates
Adverbs frequently used with hurt
▪ badly, physically, really, seriously, slightly
2
feeling emotional pain, usually because of someone’s behavior
She left feeling angry and deeply hurt.
hurt by:
Andy was terribly hurt by his first marriage.
Synonyms and related words
Feeling or expressing strong emotions
emotional
passionate
ardent
Collocates
Adverbs frequently used with hurt
▪ deeply, dreadfully, easily, really, so, terribly

hurt

noun countable/uncountable

UK /hɜː(r)t/

Word Forms

singular	hurt
plural	hurts

1
a feeling of emotional pain caused by someone’s behaviour
A mother tries to protect her child from hurt.
Synonyms and related words
Sadness and unhappiness
sadness
depression
grief

hurt

noun countable/uncountable

US /hɜrt/

Word Forms

singular	hurt
plural	hurts

1
a feeling of emotional pain caused by someone’s behavior
A mother tries to protect her child from hurt.
Synonyms and related words
Sadness and unhappiness
sadness
depression
grief

hurt

verb

UK /hɜː(r)t/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/they	hurt
he/she/it	hurts
present participle	hurting
past tense	hurt
past participle	hurt

1
intransitive to feel pain somewhere in your body
Fred’s knees hurt after skiing all day.
Synonyms and related words
To feel or cause physical pain and suffering
suffer
hurt
ache
2
intransitive/transitive to cause physical pain or injury
You’re hurting my arm!
These new boots hurt.
hurt yourself doing something:
Don’t hurt yourself exercising.
Synonyms and related words
To feel or cause physical pain and suffering
suffer
hurt
ache
3
intransitive/transitive to cause someone emotional pain
I never meant to hurt your feelings.
His cold behaviour hurt her deeply.
it hurts that:
It really hurts that you’d believe her instead of me.
Synonyms and related words
To make someone feel sad or upset
upset
wound
disturb
4
transitive to cause damage or problems, or to harm someone’s chance to succeed at something
Oil spills hurt everyone.
The weakness of the dollar has hurt car sales.
computer equipment that won’t hurt your wallet (=cost a lot)
Synonyms and related words
To have a bad effect, or to reduce a good effect
damage
spoil
harm
Synonyms and related words
To damage or spoil something
damage
spoil
mark

phrases

be hurting

it never hurts to do something

it won’t hurt you to do something

where it hurts

something will not/does not/cannot hurt

someone wouldn’t hurt a fly

hurt

verb

US /hɜrt/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/they	hurt
he/she/it	hurts
present participle	hurting
past tense	hurt
past participle	hurt

1
intransitive/transitive to cause physical pain or injury
You’re hurting my arm!
These new boots hurt.
hurt yourself doing something:
Don’t hurt yourself exercising.
Synonyms and related words
To feel or cause physical pain and suffering
suffer
hurt
ache
2
intransitive to feel pain somewhere in your body
Fred’s knees hurt after skiing all day.
Synonyms and related words
To feel or cause physical pain and suffering
suffer
hurt
ache
3
intransitive/transitive to cause someone emotional pain
I never meant to hurt your feelings.
His cold behavior hurt her deeply.
it hurts that:
It really hurts that you’d believe her instead of me.
Synonyms and related words
To make someone feel sad or upset
upset
wound
disturb
4
transitive to cause damage or problems, or to harm someone’s chance to succeed at something
Oil spills hurt everyone.
The weakness of the dollar has hurt auto sales.
computer equipment that won’t hurt your wallet (=cost a lot)
Synonyms and related words
To have a bad effect, or to reduce a good effect
cost
damage
spoil
Synonyms and related words
To damage or spoil something
damage
spoil
mark

phrases

be hurting

it doesn’t hurt to do something

it won’t hurt you to do something

where it hurts

something will not/does not/cannot hurt

someone wouldn’t hurt a fly

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