hurt

1. 1.

   any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.

   Synonymsinjuryharmtrauma

   Broaderill health

   Narrowerbrain damagebirth traumablast traumableedingblunt traumabruisebumpburndislocationelectric shock
2. 2.

   psychological suffering

   “the death of his wife caused him great distress”

   Synonymsdistresssuffering

   Broaderpain

   Narroweranguishself-torturetsoriswound
3. 3.

   feelings of mental or physical pain

   Synonymssuffering

   Broaderpain

   Narroweragonythroesdiscomfort
4. 4.

   a damage or loss

   Synonymsdetriment

   Broaderdamage

   Narrowerexpense
5. 5.

   the act of damaging something or someone

   Synonymsdamageharmscathe

   Broaderchange of integrity

   Narrowerimpairmentdefacementwoundburndefloration

1. 1.

   suffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battle

   “nursing his wounded arm”

   “ambulances...for the hurt men and women”

   Synonymswounded

   Similarinjured
2. 2.

   damaged; used of inanimate objects or their value

   Synonymsweakened

   Similardamaged

Other forms of hurt

plural

hurts·

past tense

hurted·

present participle

hurting·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about hurt

What does hurt mean?

hurt means "be the source of pain". That is the primary sense; the word has 14 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hurt?

hurt has 1 syllable: hurt. In IPA it is /ˈhɝt/.

What is another word for hurt?

Close synonyms include ache, smart, pain, anguish, injure. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hurt a common word?

hurt is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with hurt?

1 word rhymes with hurt. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.