Dictionary entry details
• HURT (noun)
Meaning:
Any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
harm; hurt; injury; trauma
Hypernyms ("hurt" is a kind of...):
health problem; ill health; unhealthiness (a state in which you are unable to function normally and without pain)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hurt"):
penetrating injury; penetrating trauma (injury incurred when an object (as a knife or bullet or shrapnel) penetrates into the body)
pinch (an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed)
rupture (state of being torn or burst open)
bite; insect bite; sting (a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin)
strain (injury to a muscle (often caused by overuse); results in swelling and pain)
whiplash; whiplash injury (an injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an automobile accident))
wale; weal; welt; wheal (a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions)
lesion; wound (any break in the skin or an organ caused by violence or surgical incision)
pull; twist; wrench (a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments)
intravasation (entry of foreign matter into a blood vessel)
cryopathy; frostbite (destruction of tissue by freezing and characterized by tingling, blistering and possibly gangrene)
break; fracture (breaking of hard tissue such as bone)
birth trauma (physical injury to an infant during the birth process)
blast trauma (injury caused the explosion of a bomb (especially in enclosed spaces))
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage (flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessels)
blunt trauma (injury incurred when the human body hits or is hit by a large outside object (as a car))
bruise; contusion (an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration)
bump (a lump on the body caused by a blow)
burn (an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation)
dislocation (a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column))
electric shock (trauma caused by the passage of electric current through the body (as from contact with high voltage lines or being struck by lightning); usually involves burns and abnormal heart rhythm and unconsciousness)
Meaning:
Psychological suffering
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Synonyms:
distress; hurt; suffering
Context example:
the death of his wife caused him great distress
Hypernyms ("hurt" is a kind of...):
pain; painfulness (emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hurt"):
wound (a figurative injury (to your feelings or pride))
tsoris ((Yiddish) trouble and suffering)
self-torment; self-torture (self-imposed distress)
anguish; torment; torture (extreme mental distress)
Meaning:
Feelings of mental or physical pain
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Synonyms:
hurt; suffering
Hypernyms ("hurt" is a kind of...):
pain; painfulness (emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hurt"):
agony; torment; torture (intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain)
throes (violent pangs of suffering)
discomfort; irritation; soreness (an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress)
Meaning:
A damage or loss
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
detriment; hurt
Hypernyms ("hurt" is a kind of...):
damage; harm; impairment (the occurrence of a change for the worse)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hurt"):
expense (a detriment or sacrifice)
Meaning:
The act of damaging something or someone
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
scathe; damage; harm; hurt
Hypernyms ("hurt" is a kind of...):
change of integrity (the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hurt"):
impairment (damage that results in a reduction of strength or quality)
defacement; disfiguration; disfigurement (the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something)
wound; wounding (the act of inflicting a wound)
burn (damage inflicted by fire)
defloration (an act that despoils the innocence or beauty of something)
• HURT (adjective)
Meaning:
Suffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battle
Synonyms:
hurt; wounded
Context examples:
nursing his wounded arm / ambulances...for the hurt men and women
Similar:
injured (usually used of physical or mental injury to persons)
Meaning:
Damaged inanimate objects or their value
Synonyms:
hurt; weakened
Similar:
damaged (harmed or injured or spoiled)
• HURT (verb)
Meaning:
Be the source of pain
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
hurt; smart; ache
Hypernyms (to "hurt" is one way to...):
cause to be perceived (have perceptible qualities)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hurt"):
throb (pulsate or pound with abnormal force)
act up (make itself felt as a recurring pain)
thirst (feel the need to drink)
hunger (feel the need to eat)
itch (have or perceive an itch)
burn (feel hot or painful)
bite; burn; sting (cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort)
shoot (cause a sharp and sudden pain in)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody's (body part) ----s
Sentence example:
Did his feet hurt?
Meaning:
Give trouble or pain to
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Context example:
This exercise will hurt your back
Hypernyms (to "hurt" is one way to...):
indispose (cause to feel unwell)
Cause:
ache; hurt; smart (be the source of pain)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hurt"):
injure; wound (cause injuries or bodily harm to)
afflict; ail; pain; trouble (cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
Did he hurt his foot?
Meaning:
Cause emotional anguish or make miserable
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
anguish; pain; hurt
Context example:
It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school
Hypernyms (to "hurt" is one way to...):
discomfit; discompose; disconcert; untune; upset (cause to lose one's composure)
Cause:
suffer (endure (emotional pain))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hurt"):
excruciate; rack; torment; torture (torment emotionally or mentally)
try (give pain or trouble to)
agonise; agonize (cause to agonize)
break someone's heart (cause deep emotional pain and grief to somebody)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody
Sentence example:
Sam cannot hurt Sue
Meaning:
Cause damage or affect negatively
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
injure; hurt
Context example:
Our business was hurt by the new competition
Hypernyms (to "hurt" is one way to...):
damage (inflict damage upon)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Hurt the feelings of
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
spite; injure; wound; bruise; offend; hurt
Context examples:
She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests / This remark really bruised me ego
Hypernyms (to "hurt" is one way to...):
arouse; elicit; enkindle; evoke; fire; kindle; provoke; raise (call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hurt"):
affront; diss; insult (treat, mention, or speak to rudely)
lacerate (deeply hurt the feelings of; distress)
sting (cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging)
abase; chagrin; humble; humiliate; mortify (cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence examples:
Sam cannot hurt Sue
The performance is likely to hurt Sue
Meaning:
Feel physical pain
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
ache; hurt; suffer
Context example:
Were you hurting after the accident?
Hypernyms (to "hurt" is one way to...):
comprehend; perceive (to become aware of through the senses)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hurt"):
kill (be the source of great pain for)
prick; sting; twinge (cause a stinging pain)
twinge (feel a sudden sharp, local pain)
catch; get (suffer from the receipt of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue hurt
Meaning:
Feel pain or be in pain
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
suffer; hurt
Hypernyms (to "hurt" is one way to...):
be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hurt"):
famish; hunger; starve (be hungry; go without food)
ail (be unwell, ill, or ill disposed)
choke; gag; strangle; suffocate (struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake)
have (suffer from; be ill with)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue hurt
