hurt

To cause pain or an injury to a person or animal.

• Please do not hurt the cat.
• I hurt my knee when I fell.
• Did you hurt yourself on that broken glass?

Similar words: injure

Common phrases: hurt someone, hurt your back, hurt yourself

To feel physical pain in your body or a part of it.

• My head hurts.
• Does your shoulder still hurt?
• His feet were hurting after the long walk.

How to use it: it hurts to do something (It hurts to bend my knee.)

Similar words: ache

Common phrases: hurt badly, hurt all over, hurt when walking, hurt a lot

To damage something or make its condition or chances worse.

• Too much rain can hurt the crops.
• The delays hurt our business.
• Will this mistake hurt my chances of getting the job?

Similar words: harm, damage

Opposites: help

Common phrases: hurt something, hurt the economy, hurt your chances, hurt your prospects

Physically injured or feeling pain.

• Is anyone hurt?
• Two people were hurt in the crash.
• She got hurt while playing football.

Similar words: injured, wounded

Opposites: unhurt

Common phrases: get hurt, badly hurt, hurt in something

Emotional pain caused by an upsetting experience, or the experience that caused it.

• She could see the hurt in his eyes.
• They talked about old hurts from their childhood.
• His rejection caused her a lot of hurt.

Similar words: pain, distress

Common phrases: old hurts, deep hurt, hurt and anger

An injury or physical damage that causes pain.

• The fall caused him a serious hurt.
• Her hurts healed slowly after the accident.
• The doctor treated his cuts and other hurts.

Similar words: injury, wound

Common phrases: physical hurt, serious hurt