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hurting
adjective as in aching
adjective as in dejected
adjective as in depressed
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adjective as in desolate
adjective as in disconsolate
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adjective as in grief-stricken
adjective as in hurtful
adjective as in impoverished
adjective as in lamentable
adjective as in melancholic
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- bummed out
- cast down
- crestfallen
- crummy
- dejected
- desolate
- despondent
- destroyed
- disconsolate
- dispirited
- down and out
- down in the dumps
- down in the mouth
- downhearted
- dragged
- dull
- dysphoric
- fed up
- glum
- grim
- heavy-hearted
- in a blue funk
- in pain
- in the dumps
- in the pits
- in the toilet
- let down
- low-spirited
- morose
- on a downer
- pessimistic
- ripped
- sad
- sob story
- spiritless
- taken down
- torn-up
- tristful
- unhappy
- woebegone
adjective as in miserable
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- afflicted
- agonized
- ailing
- anguished
- brokenhearted
- crestfallen
- dejected
- depressed
- desolate
- despairing
- despondent
- destroyed
- disconsolate
- discontented
- distressed
- doleful
- dolorous
- down
- down in the mouth
- downcast
- forlorn
- heartbroken
- hopeless
- hurt
- ill
- in pain
- injured
- melancholy
- mournful
- not happy
- on a downer
- pained
- pitiable
- racked
- rueful
- ruthful
- sick
- sickly
- sorrowful
- strained
- suffering
- tormented
- tortured
- troubled
- woebegone
- wounded
adjective as in nagging
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adjective as in opprobrious
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- abasing
- calumniatory
- contemptuous
- contumelious
- damaging
- debasing
- defamatory
- defaming
- denigrating
- depreciative
- derogative
- despicable
- despiteful
- detractive
- disgracing
- dishonoring
- disparaging
- humiliating
- injuring
- injurious
- insolent
- insulting
- invective
- libeling
- malevolent
- malign
- malignant
- maligning
- notorious
- offending
- offensive
- pejorative
- reproaching
- reviling
- scandalous
- scurrilous
- shaming
- spiteful
- truculent
- vile
- vitriolic
- vituperative
- vulgar
adjective as in painful
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adjective as in sad
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adjective as in smarting
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adjective as in somber
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adjective as in sore
adjective as in sorrowful
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adjective as in tristful
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- bad
- blue
- bummed out
- cast down
- crestfallen
- crummy
- dejected
- desolate
- despondent
- destroyed
- disconsolate
- dispirited
- down
- down and out
- down in the dumps
- down in the mouth
- downcast
- downhearted
- dragged
- dull
- dysphoric
- fed up
- gloomy
- glum
- grim
- heavy-hearted
- in a blue funk
- in pain
- in the dumps
- in the pits
- in the toilet
- let down
- low
- low-down
- low-spirited
- lugubrious
- melancholic
- melancholy
- moody
- morose
- on a downer
- pessimistic
- ripped
- sad
- spiritless
- taken down
- torn-up
- unhappy
- weeping
- wistful
- woebegone
adjective as in unhappy
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- bleak
- blue
- bummed out
- chapfallen
- cheerless
- crestfallen
- dejected
- destroyed
- disconsolate
- discouraged
- dismal
- dispirited
- distressed
- doleful
- down
- down and out
- down in the mouth
- downbeat
- downcast
- downhearted
- dragged
- dreary
- forlorn
- gloomy
- grim
- heavy-hearted
- in a blue funk
- in pain
- in the dumps
- let-down
- long-faced
- low
- melancholy
- mirthless
- mournful
- saddened
- sorrowful
- teary
adjective as in woebegone
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adjective as in wretched
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noun as in adversity
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noun as in anguish
noun as in craving
noun as in heartache
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noun as in misery
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Example Sentences
His first football practices in two years left his body hurting.
Along with hurting his eye, Leno broke his wrist and lost a nail, he told Inside Edition: “I am all black and blue.”
More parents of boys than girls say that in the past year their child has experienced negative consequences when angry, including hurting themselves or others, having problems with friends, or getting in trouble at school.
But Los Angeles’ staggering backlog of basic maintenance is hurting residents and driving up liability costs.
He continued to pressure his opponent in the second round, hurting Miocic with a body kick and landing a knee from the clinch, before the former champion responded with a trademark straight right.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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