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Definition: Meaning of, hurt in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / həːt /

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hurt hurt hurt
Present Participle Third Person Singular
hurting hurts
  1. injure somebody [transitive] to injure yourself or someone else
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  2. feel pain [intransitive] to feel pain in part of your body [↪  ache]
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  3. cause pain [transitive] to cause pain in a part of your body
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  4. insult somebody [intransitive and transitive] to make someone feel very upset, unhappy, sad etc
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  5. bad effect [transitive] to have a bad effect on someone or something, especially by making them less successful or powerful
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  6. be hurting American English informal to feel very upset or unhappy about something
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  7. be hurting American English if a group, organization etc is hurting, they do not have something important that they need
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  8. something won't/doesn't hurt spoken said when you think someone should do something or that something is a good idea
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  1. [not usually before noun] suffering pain or injury [=  injured]
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  2. very upset or unhappy because someone has said or done something unkind, dishonest, or unfair
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hurt hurts
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  1. a feeling of great unhappiness because someone, especially someone you trust, has treated you badly or unfairly
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