hurt

hurt1 [ hɜrt ] (past tense and past participle hurt) verb ***

1. ) intransitive or transitive to cause physical pain or injury:

You're hurting my arm!

These new boots hurt.

hurt yourself doing something: Don't hurt yourself exercising.

a ) to cause someone emotional pain:

I never meant to hurt your feelings.

His cold behavior hurt her deeply.

it hurts that: It really hurts that you'd believe her instead of me.

2. ) intransitive to feel pain somewhere in your body:

Fred's knees hurt after skiing all day.

a ) be hurting INFORMAL to feel emotional pain:

He wanted her to know how much he was hurting.

3. ) transitive to cause damage or problems, or harm someone's chance to succeed at something:

Oil spills hurt everyone.

The weakness of the dollar has hurt auto sales.

computer equipment that won't hurt your wallet (=cost a lot)

be hurting (for money/cash/business)

to have severe financial problems:

Farmers are really hurting.

it never hurts to do something

used for saying that something helps or cannot harm a situation:

It never hurts to ask.

it won't hurt you to do something SPOKEN

used for telling someone that they should do something:

It won't hurt you to be polite for a change.

where it hurts

in a way that causes most pain or problems:

A higher rate hits consumers where it hurts.

something will not/does not/cannot hurt SPOKEN

used for saying that something helps or cannot harm a situation:

sth will not/does not/cannot hurt that: It doesn't hurt that she's beautiful.

One more drink won't hurt.

someone wouldn't hurt a fly

someone who is very gentle

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hurt 2 [ hɜrt ] adjective

1. ) injured or feeling physical pain:

A child could get hurt, climbing that thing.

hurt by/in something: Two young men were badly hurt in the accident.

Several people were hurt by flying glass.

2. ) feeling emotional pain, usually because of someone's behavior:

She left feeling angry and deeply hurt.

hurt by: Andy was terribly hurt by his first marriage.

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hurt 3 [ hɜrt ] noun count or uncount

a feeling of emotional pain caused by someone's behavior:

A mother tries to protect her child from hurt.