Hurt synonyms
hûrt
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Part of speech:
sorely hurt
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An ache is defined as a feeling of sadness or of wanting something very badly.
Reduced, made less strong.
Showing pain, irritation, etc.
severely wounded
To cut, bite, and wear away bit by bit with the teeth
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injury (related)
A particular form of hurt, damage, or loss:
Harmful to the mind or morals; corrupting:
Immoral or unjust effects:
in pain
The act or practice of persecuting on the basis of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or beliefs that differ from those of the persecutor.
To bring great physical or mental pain upon (another).
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To cause great physical or mental suffering to:
To cause great pain to; torture
To beat forcefully; thrash.
(Archaic) Poisonous.
To harm
Scathe is to harm or damage, or to fiercely denounce or criticize.
To feel pangs of distress.
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Disabled; handicapped
To get, extract, or extort by force or unfair means
The definition of distressed is damaged, suffering pain or sold below value, or made to look old on purpose.
Characterized by, suffering, or exhibiting great pain or anguish:
slightly wounded
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A long deep cut.
To damage (plant tissue), as by abrasion or pressure:
To lose luster; grow dull; discolor, as from oxidation
healthy (antonym)
Having good health; well; sound
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administer punishment
To cause pain
To spend too much time and effort on; develop in too great detail
An unexpected shock or calamity.
Affected or shut down by a labor strike.
contused
Having lacerations
Pain is defined as to hurt or cause suffering.
Slap means done directly and in a hasty way.
To whip or scourge someone or something as punishment.
(Slang) To murder (a person), often, specif., for pay
(Slang, dated) To divide into portions well or badly; to have the property left at one's death turn out well or poorly when divided among heirs, legatees, etc.
To cause damage to.
To cause damage to; impair:
To wound is defined as to injure or harm someone either physically or emotionally.
To rip, cut, or tear.
To drag a harrow over; to break up with a harrow.
To disturb or upset severely:
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To pierce or puncture something or cause a pricking feeling.
To cause sharp, sudden, smarting pain to, by or as by pricking with a sharp point
To wear away or irritate by rubbing or friction:
To grip, cut into, or injure something with or as if with the teeth.
give pain
To cause pain
To cause irritation or annoyance:
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inflict pain
To cause pain
To scrape roughly; grate
To injure or damage by fire or something with the effect of fire, as intense heat, friction, or acid; scorch, singe, scald, etc.
prolong the agony
To cause pain
Gall is defined as to irritate by rubbing.
To spank is defined as to slap on the rear-end to punish.
To punish, as for wrongdoing.
To cause to undergo harm or loss:
To fasten (something) with laces.
To flail is defined as to wave or swing about wildly or to flounder.
To hit or beat, especially repeatedly.
To drive or strike (a weapon, for example) forcefully onto or into something else.
(Informal) To defeat soundly
To punish, chastise, or afflict severely
To whip or flog; scourge.
To attack with words; abuse
To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.
To exercise (one's wits or brains).
bastinado
To subject to a beating; thrash.
To punish as though one were using a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood.
cause pain
To cause pain
To exhaust or weaken with strain of any sort
To make not pleased; to excite a feeling of disapprobation or dislike in; to be disagreeable to; to offend; to vex; -- often followed by with or at. It usually expresses less than to anger, vex, irritate, or provoke.
To put to inconvenience; trouble.
(Now Rare) To disturb the order of
To cause to be inconvenienced; disturb.
give someone the works
To cause pain
give no quarter
To cause pain
barb the dart
To cause pain
wrack up
To cause pain
To encircle with or as with a belt; girdle
To wait for or obtain a ride to work by standing at a roadside hoping to be picked up by a driver who needs another passenger to use the HOV lanes of a highway.
To overindulge so as to cause to demand or expect too much
To manage to get (along or through) in the face of trials and difficulties
To cause great anger, indignation, etc. in
To cause to have emotional or mental problems that interfere with social functioning:
be sore
To give a feeling of pain
To beat strongly or fast; palpitate, as the heart under exertion
be tender
To give a feeling of pain
be bruised
To give a feeling of pain
To cause discomfort to
To cause (someone) to feel impatient or angry; annoy:
aided (antonym)
helped (antonym)
assisted (antonym)
comfort (antonym)
Comfort means to give a sense of peace to someone.
ease (antonym)
To lessen or alleviate (pain, anxiety, etc.)
soothe (antonym)
To restore to ease, comfort, or tranquility; relieve; calm; quiet; refresh.
disaster (related)
An occurrence causing widespread destruction and distress; a catastrophe.
misfortune (related)
An undesirable event such as an accident
beat (related)
To make, force, or drive by or as by hitting, flailing, or pounding
destroy (related)
To put to death; kill:
disturb (related)
To trouble emotionally or mentally; upset:
The definition of aggrieved is someone who is distressed.
Exceptionally bad; abominable:
Causing grief, pain, or anguish:
The definition of heinous is very evil or horrible.
Causing hurt; specif., wounding the feelings
Unfriendly; hostile:
Causing harm to one's reputation; slanderous, libelous, invidious.
nocent
Guilty or criminal
Harmful; poisonous; noxious
Causing great injury, destruction, or ruin; fatal; deadly
Abuse means to hurt or injure something or someone by acting badly or neglectfully.
The definition of afflict is to cause great physical or mental pain or agony or to create for someone a curse to bear.
To cause to be transferred; turn away:
To counteract.
Used as an intensive.
To cause to lose the use of a limb or limbs.
To harm
To estrange is defined as to separate or disconnect.
(Online gaming) To deliberately harass and annoy or cause grief to other players of a game in order to interfere with their enjoyment of it; especially, to do this as one’s primary activity in the game. [from late 20th Century]
To harm
The definition of impair is to hinder or weaken something.
To injure, disable, or disfigure, usually by depriving of the use of a limb or other part of the body.
To scare.
To inflict soring on (a horse)
To cause (a strong emotion) to penetrate deeply:
To overthrow or defeat unexpectedly
healed (antonym)
injured
comforted (antonym)
physically or mentally injured
cured (antonym)
physically or mentally injured
remedied (antonym)
physically or mentally injured
help (antonym)
The definition of help is aid that you request, or is someone who provides assistance.
aid (antonym)
Something that provides help, support, or relief, such as money or supplies:
assist (antonym)
(Baseball) The act of a player who throws or deflects a batted ball in such a way that a teammate can make a putout
healing (antonym)
An act of healing, as by a faith healer.
calm (antonym)
(Intransitive) To become calm.
placate (antonym)
To stop from being angry; appease; pacify; mollify
please (antonym)
To be agreeable; give pleasure; satisfy
relieve (antonym)
To bring or send help to
be healed (antonym)
cause pain
assuage (antonym)
To satisfy or appease (hunger or thirst, for example).
heal (antonym)
To set right; repair:
To feel a sudden, brief, darting pain or pang
To cause grief or injury to; offend
(Archaic) To hurt or harm.
To cause to have a small mark or marks that diminish attractiveness:
detract from
To spoil the soundness or perfection of
To treat badly; harm.
(Intransitive) To become imperfect or defective.
To impair the soundness, perfection, or integrity of; spoil.
To fill with prejudice or cause to judge with prejudice.
Something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony.
The definition of anguish is a feeling of physical or mental pain.
Great pain or anguish, physical or mental; suffering; agony
Woe is a feeling of deep sorrow or grief.
A state of prolonged misfortune, privation, or anguish.
A cause or source of harm, damage, or annoyance
happy (related)
To cause suffering or painful sorrow to
better (related)
To surpass or exceed:
To spite is to treat someone in a mean manner or be hurtful to another.
To be the source of such pain, as a wound
be well (antonym)
frighten (related)
scare (related)
embarrass (related)
forgive (related)
hate (related)
annoy (related)
terrify (related)
strangle (related)
depress (related)
paralyse (related)
(Informal) Designating or of a very successful and popular movie, recording, etc.
in a serious state
Sad; wretched; sorrowful
Produced by scratching.
Swift; fleet.
To injure the feelings of; hurt keenly.
To injure as if by pulling apart.
To put to test.
To bounce or ricochet, often in a way that is unexpected or seemingly erratic
To reduce or put an end to, as if by a puncture
do violence
To cause pain
Whip is defined as to beat eggs or cream to incorporate air or for someone to move quickly.
To plunge (a pointed weapon or instrument) into something.
Pierce is defined as to make a hole in, to stab, or to go through.
do evil
To cause pain
To wring is to twist or compress something to get the liquid out of it or to get something out of another person or thing using a lot of pressure or force.
To move quickly; dart.
To be very cruel to; torment
martyrize
To be or become a martyr
To suffer griping pains.
(Computing) In computer architecture, to cause poor performance of a virtual memory (paging) system.
To cause to be in difficulty or financial distress:
To downplay or misrepresent one's ability in order to deceive someone, especially in gambling.
Harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way (as for example deleterious effects, deleterious to health).
To hurt the feelings of; cause to feel resentful, angry, or displeased; insult
(Dial.) A pain (in some part of the body)
Streaked or flecked with or as if with yarn of a different color:
Synonym Study
- Spoil implies such serious impairment of a thing as to destroy its value, usefulness, etc. rain spoiled the party, the canned food was spoiled
- To impair something is to cause it to deteriorate in quality or to lessen in value, strength, etc. impaired hearing
- Damage stresses the loss, as in value, usefulness, etc., resulting from an injury damaged goods
- Harm more strongly suggests the pain or distress caused he wouldn't harm a fly
- Injure implies the marring of the appearance, health, soundness, etc. of a person or thing injured pride
- Hurt implies a wounding physically or emotionally or a causing of any kind of harm or damage the rumors hurt his business
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