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hurt
adjective as in physically or mentally injured
Strong matches
aching, aggrieved, agonized, battered, bleeding, bruised, buffeted, burned, contused, crushed, cut, damaged, disfigured, distressed, disturbed, grazed, harmed, hit, impaired, lacerated, marred, mauled, miffed, mutilated, nicked, offended, pained, piqued, scarred, scraped, scratched, shook, shot, sore, struck, suffering, tender, tortured, warped, wounded
noun as in injury; damage
verb as in cause physical pain; experience pain
Strong matches
abuse, ache, afflict, ail, belt, bite, blemish, burn, cramp, cut, disable, flail, flog, kick, lacerate, lash, maltreat, maul, nip, pierce, pinch, pommel, prick, pummel, punch, puncture, slap, slug, smart, spank, spoil, squeeze, stab, tear, throb, torment, torture, total, wax, whack, whip, wing, wring
Example Sentences
The offices were firebombed in 2011; no one was hurt but a permanent police car was subsequently stationed outside.
In 2012, as a 10th grader, Lean says he recorded his first legitimate song, “Hurt.”
The “crying” incident is thought to have hurt Muskie in the primary--which he won handily, but with under 50 percent of the vote.
Full-grown men play-acting at being hurt when absolutely nothing happened.
Even the best of us can hurt the people who come to us for care when we forget that our foremost obligation is to them.
Forget it not: for there is no returning, and thou shalt do him no good, and shalt hurt thyself.
No one was hurt, although the shot was evidently intended for my party.
Whatever he felt he usually kept bottled up inside, no matter how it hurt.
The poor dog was severely hurt about the neck; it recovered, however, soon afterwards.
A knife would hurt, but Aunty Rosa had told him, a year ago, that if he sucked paint he would die.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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