English adjective: hurt | |||
1. | hurt suffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battle | ||
Samples | Nursing his wounded arm. Ambulances...for the hurt men and women. | ||
Synonyms | wounded | ||
Similar | injured | ||
Antonyms | uninjured | ||
2. | hurt damaged inanimate objects or their value | ||
Synonyms | weakened | ||
Similar | damaged | ||
Antonyms | undamaged | ||
English noun: hurt | |||
1. | hurt (state) any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc. | ||
Synonyms | harm, injury, trauma | ||
Broader (hypernym) | health problem, ill health, unhealthiness | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | birth trauma, bite, blast trauma, bleeding, blunt trauma, brain damage, break, bruise, bump, burn, contusion, cryopathy, dislocation, electric shock, fracture, frostbite, haemorrhage, hemorrhage, insect bite, intravasation, lesion, penetrating injury, penetrating trauma, pinch, pull, rupture, sting, strain, twist, wale, weal, welt, wheal, whiplash, whiplash injury, wound, wrench | ||
2. | hurt (feeling) psychological suffering | ||
Samples | The death of his wife caused him great distress. | ||
Synonyms | distress, suffering | ||
Broader (hypernym) | pain, painfulness | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | anguish, self-torment, self-torture, torment, torture, tsoris, wound | ||
3. | hurt (feeling) feelings of mental or physical pain | ||
Synonyms | suffering | ||
Broader (hypernym) | pain, painfulness | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | agony, discomfort, irritation, soreness, throes, torment, torture | ||
4. | hurt (event) a damage or loss | ||
Synonyms | detriment | ||
Broader (hypernym) | damage, harm, impairment | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | expense | ||
5. | hurt (act) the act of damaging something or someone | ||
Synonyms | damage, harm, scathe | ||
Broader (hypernym) | change of integrity | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | burn, defacement, defloration, disfiguration, disfigurement, impairment, wound, wounding | ||
English verb: hurt | |||
1. | hurt (perception) be the source of pain | ||
Examples | Did his feet hurt? | ||
Synonyms | ache, smart | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody's (body part) ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cause to be perceived | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | act up, bite, burn, burn, hunger, itch, shoot, sting, thirst, throb | ||
2. | hurt (body) give trouble or pain to | ||
Samples | This exercise will hurt your back. | ||
Examples | Did he hurt his foot? | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | indispose | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | ail, disagree with, injure, pain, trouble, wound | ||
Cause | ache, hurt, smart | ||
3. | hurt (emotion) cause emotional anguish or make miserable | ||
Samples | It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school. | ||
Examples | Sam cannot hurt Sue | ||
Synonyms | anguish, pain | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | discomfit, discompose, disconcert, untune, upset | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | agonise, agonize, break someone's heart, excruciate, rack, torment, torture, try | ||
Cause | suffer | ||
4. | hurt (change) cause damage or affect negatively | ||
Samples | Our business was hurt by the new competition. | ||
Synonyms | injure | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | damage | ||
5. | hurt (emotion) hurt the feelings of | ||
Samples | She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests. This remark really bruised my ego. | ||
Examples | Sam cannot hurt Sue , The performance is likely to hurt Sue | ||
Synonyms | bruise, injure, offend, spite, wound | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | abase, affront, chagrin, diss, humble, humiliate, insult, lacerate, mortify, sting | ||
6. | hurt (perception) feel physical pain | ||
Samples | Were you hurting after the accident?. | ||
Examples | Sam and Sue hurt | ||
Synonyms | ache, suffer | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | comprehend, perceive | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | catch, get, kill, prick, sting, twinge, twinge | ||
7. | hurt (body) feel pain or be in pain | ||
Examples | Sam and Sue hurt | ||
Synonyms | suffer | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | be | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | ail, choke, famish, gag, have, hunger, starve, strangle, suffocate | ||
Antonyms | be well | ||