1hurt1 (hɜːt
)
Definitions
verb
Word forms: hurts, hurting, hurt
- to cause physical pain to (someone or something)
- to cause emotional pain or distress to (someone)
- to produce a painful sensation in (someone) ⇒
the bruise hurts
- (intr) informal to feel pain
noun
- physical, moral, or mental pain or suffering
- a wound, cut, or sore
- damage or injury; harm
adjective
- injured or pained physically or emotionally ⇒
a hurt knee
a hurt look
Alternative Forms
ˈhurter nounWord Origin
C12 hurten to hit, from Old French hurter to knock against, probably of Germanic origin; compare Old Norse hrūtr ram, Middle High German hurt a collision2hurt2 (hɜːt) or whort (hwɜːt)
Definitions
noun
- Southern England dialect another name for whortleberry
Translations
- British English:
hurt
If you are hurt, you have been injured.How badly are you hurt?hɜːt ADJECTIVE How badly are you hurt?
- Spanish:
herido
adj herida
- French:
blessé
adj
- German:
verletzt
adj
- Chinese: 受伤害的 adj
- Arabic: مَجْرُوحٌ adj
- Portuguese: magoado adj magoada
- Russian: пострадавший adj пострадавшая
- Croatian: povrijeđen adj povrijeđena
- Czech: zraněný adj
- Danish: såret adj
- Dutch: gekwetst adj
- Finnish: loukkaantunut adj
- Greek: πληγωμένος adj πληγωεμένη
- Italian: ferito adj ferita
- Japanese: 傷ついた no_posp
- Korean: 상처 입은 adj
- Norwegian: skadet adj
- Polish: zraniony adj zraniona
- Brazilian Portuguese: machucado adj machucada
- European Spanish:
herido
adj herida
- Swedish: sårad adj sårat
- Thai: ทำให้บาดเจ็บ adj
- Turkish: incinmiş adj
- Vietnamese: đau đớn adj
- British English:
hurt
If you hurt yourself or hurt a part of your body, you feel pain because you have injured yourself.He hurt himself while playing basketball.hɜːt VERB He hurt himself while playing basketball.
- Spanish: hacer daño v
- French:
blesser
vt
- German:
verletzen
v
- Chinese: 伤害 vt
- Arabic: يُؤْذِي vt
- Portuguese: magoar vt
- Russian: причинять боль vi
- Croatian: povrijediti v
- Czech: zranit vt zraňovat
- Danish: skade v
- Dutch: pijn doen vt
- Finnish: satuttaa v
- Greek: πληγώνω v
- Italian: ferire v
- Japanese: 傷つける v
- Korean: (...을) 다치게 하다 vt
- Norwegian: skade v
- Polish: zranić vt ranić
- Brazilian Portuguese: machucar vt
- European Spanish: hacer daño v
- Swedish: göra illa vt
- Thai: บาดเจ็บ vt
- Turkish: incitmek vt
- Vietnamese: làm đau v
Usage examples
Stephanie felt as though she was watching someone else hurt him.
, CHAMELEON (2002)However, because you're using so much energy the odd bag of greasy chips won't hurt.
Cycling Weekly (2004)He added: "Let not for a moment anyone think I do not underestimate the hurt caused by the church.
Irish Times (2002)The business has been hurt by layoffs among Fortune 1000 companies, many of whom are Hummingbird customers.
Glasgow Herald (2001)Jenny was angry with Alice for speaking about the subject to Joy, causing Joy hurt.
, BEYOND FEAR (2002)