hurt
♦♦ hurt /h'ɜːrt/ (hurts hurting hurt)
1 [VERB] V pron-refl, V n
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.
2 [VERB] V
If a part of your body hurts, you feel pain there.
His collar bone only hurt when he lifted his arm.
3 [ADJ] usu v-link ADJ
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.
4 [VERB] V n, V
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.
5 [VERB] V n, V
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.
6 [ADJ]
If you are hurt, you are upset because of something that someone has said or done.
Yes, I was hurt, jealous...
7 [VERB] only cont, V
If you say that you are hurting, you mean that you are experiencing emotional pain.
I am lonely and I am hurting.
8 [VERB] V n
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
9 [N-VAR]
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
10 [PHRASE] V inflects, usu PHR to-inf
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. (INFORMAL)
It wouldn't hurt you to be a bit more serious.
1 [VERB] V pron-refl, V n
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.
2 [VERB] V
If a part of your body hurts, you feel pain there.
His collar bone only hurt when he lifted his arm.
3 [ADJ] usu v-link ADJ
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.
4 [VERB] V n, V
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.
5 [VERB] V n, V
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.
6 [ADJ]
If you are hurt, you are upset because of something that someone has said or done.
Yes, I was hurt, jealous...
7 [VERB] only cont, V
If you say that you are hurting, you mean that you are experiencing emotional pain.
I am lonely and I am hurting.
8 [VERB] V n
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
9 [N-VAR]
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
10 [PHRASE] V inflects, usu PHR to-inf
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. (INFORMAL)
It wouldn't hurt you to be a bit more serious.