Etymology : Middle English, probably from Old French hurter to collide with, probably of Germanic origin; akin to Old Norse hrutr male sheep
Pronunciation : h&rt
Function : verb
Date : 13th century
1. injury, wound. cause pain; injure, wound; be injured, be wounded; cause emotional distress; damage, harm. injured, harmed; emotionally wounded; damaged. hurt\hurt\ , v. t. [imp. & p. p. hurt ; p. pr. & vb. n. hurting.] [oe. hurten, hirten, horten, herten; prob. fr. of. hurter, heurter, to knock, thrust, strike, f. heurter; cf. w. hyrddu to push, drive, assault, hwrdd a stroke, blow, push; also, a ram, the orig. sense of the verb thus perhaps being, to butt as a ram; cf. d. horten to push, strike, mhg. hurten, both prob. fr. old french.].
2. to cause physical pain to; to do bodily harm to; to wound or bruise painfully. the hurt lion groans within his den.
3. to impar the value, usefulness, beauty, or pleasure of; to damage; to injure; to harm. virtue may be assailed, but never hurt.
4. to wound the feelings of; to cause mental pain to; to offend in honor or self-respect; to annoy; to grieve. "i am angry and hurt."hurt \hurt\, n. (mach.) (a) a band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions. (b) a husk. see:
husk, 2.hurt adj.
5. suffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battle; "nursing his wounded arm"; "ambulances...for the hurt men and women" [syn: wounded].
6. suffering from emotional injury; "a bruised ego"; "to salve her wounded feelings"; "an air of hurt innocence"; "a tone of hurt surprise" [syn: bruised, wounded].
7. used of inanimate objects or their value [syn: weakened] n 1: any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc. [syn: injury, harm, trauma] 2: psychological suffering; "the death of his wife caused him great distress" [syn: distress, suffering] 3: feelings of mental or physical pain [syn: suffering].
8. a damage or loss [syn: detriment].
9. the act of damaging something or someone [syn: damage, harm, scathe] v 1: be the source of pain [syn: ache, smart] 2: give trouble or pain to; "this exercise will hurt your back" 3: cause anguish;, make miserable [syn: pain, anguish] 4: cause damage or affect negatively; "our business was hurt by the new competition" [syn: injure] 5: hurt the feelings of; "she hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "this remark really bruised me ego" [syn: wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite].
10. feel physical pain; "were you hurting after the accident?" [syn: ache, suffer].
11. feel pain or be in pain [syn: suffer] [ant: be well].
12. A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions.
13. A husk.
14. See Husk, 2.
15. To cause physical pain to; to do bodily harm to; to wound or bruise painfully.
16. To impar the value, usefulness, beauty, or pleasure of; to damage; to injure; to harm.
17. To wound the feelings of; to cause mental pain to; to offend in honor or self-respect; to annoy; to grieve. give trouble or pain to; "This exercise will hurt your back" cause damage or affect negatively; "Our business was hurt by the new competition" hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised me ego" feel physical pain; "Were you hurting after the accident?" used of inanimate objects or their value suffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battle; "nursing his wounded arm"; "ambulances...for the hurt men and women".
18. 1. If you hurt yourself or hurt a part of your body, you feel pain because you have injured yourself. Yasin had seriously hurt himself while trying to escape from the police He had hurt his back in an accident.
19. If a part of your body hurts, you feel pain there. His collar bone only hurt when he lifted his arm.
20. If you are hurt, you have been injured. His comrades asked him if he was hurt They were dazed but did not seem to be badly hurt.
21. If you hurt someone, you cause them to feel pain. I didn't mean to hurt her, only to keep her still Ouch. That hurt.
22. If someone hurts you, they say or do something that makes you unhappy. He is afraid of hurting Bessy's feelings What hurts most is the betrayal, the waste.
23. If you are hurt, you are upset because of something that someone has said or done. Yes, I was hurt, jealous.
24. If you say that you are hurting, you mean that you are experiencing emotional pain. I am lonely and I am hurting.
25. To hurt someone or something means to have a bad effect on them or prevent them from succeeding. The combination of hot weather and decreased water supplies is hurting many industries = damage.
26. A feeling of hurt is a feeling that you have when you think that you have been treated badly or judged unfairly. I was full of jealousy and hurt = pain.
27. If you say `It won't hurt to do something' or `It never hurts to do something', you are recommending an action which you think is helpful or useful. It wouldn't hurt you to be a bit more serious.
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