- hurt
- hurt1 W3S2 [hə:t US hə:rt] v past tense and past participle hurt▬▬▬▬▬▬▬1¦(injure somebody)¦2¦(feel pain)¦3¦(cause pain)¦4¦(insult somebody)¦5¦(bad effect)¦6 be hurting7 something won't/doesn't hurt▬▬▬▬▬▬▬[Date: 1100-1200; : Old French; Origin: hurter 'to crash violently into']1.) ¦(INJURE SOMEBODY)¦ [T]to injure yourself or someone else▪ Was anyone hurt in the accident?▪ Put that thing down - you might hurt someone with it.hurt your arm/leg/nose etc▪ He hurt his knee playing football.hurt yourself▪ Be careful you don't fall and hurt yourself.see usage note ↑damage22.) ¦(FEEL PAIN)¦to feel pain in part of your body→↑ache▪ My back hurts.▪ Where does it hurt?▪ It hurts when I try to move my leg.hurt like hell [i]informal (=hurt very much)▪ My shoulder hurts like hell.3.) ¦(CAUSE PAIN)¦ [T]to cause pain in a part of your body▪ The sun's hurting my eyes.4.) ¦(INSULT SOMEBODY)¦ [I and T]to make someone feel very upset, unhappy, sad etc▪ I didn't mean to hurt your feelings .it hurts (sb) to do sth▪ What really hurts is that he never even said goodbye.▪ It hurt me to think that you hated me.▪ The last thing I want to do is to hurt you.5.) ¦(BAD EFFECT)¦ [T]to have a bad effect on someone or something, especially by making them less successful or powerful▪ Foreign competition has hurt the company's position in the market.6.) be hurtingAmEa) informal to feel very upset or unhappy about something▪ Martha's going through a divorce and really hurting right now.b) if a group, organization etc is hurting, they do not have something important that they needbe hurting for▪ The team is hurting for quarterbacks.7.) sth won't/doesn't hurtspoken said when you think someone should do something or that something is a good idea▪ The house looks pretty good, but a fresh paint job wouldn't hurt either.it won't/doesn't hurt (sb) to do sth▪ It won't hurt Julia to get up early for a change.hurt 2hurt2 adj1.) [not usually before noun]suffering pain or injury= ↑injuredbadly/seriously hurt▪ Fortunately, no one was seriously hurt.▪ Sometimes players get hurt in training.2.) very upset or unhappy because someone has said or done something unkind, dishonest, or unfair▪ Rachel felt hurt and betrayed.▪ He's no good for you, Jenny. You'll only get hurt again.▪ his hurt pride▪ She wore a hurt expression on her face.very/deeply hurt▪ Alice was deeply hurt that she hadn't been invited.hurt 3hurt3 n [U and C]a feeling of great unhappiness because someone, especially someone you trust, has treated you badly or unfairly▪ She saw the hurt in his eyes.▪ all the hurts and wrongs of the past▪ All her anger and hurt melted away.→↑harm
Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.
