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verb

Hurt v. t. (past & past part. hurt; pres. part. hurting)

To cause physical pain to; to do bodily harm to; to wound or bruise painfully. "The hurt lion groans within his den."

To impar the value, usefulness, beauty, or pleasure of; to damage; to injure; to harm. "Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt."

To wound the feelings of; to cause mental pain to; to offend in honor or self-respect; to annoy; to grieve. "I am angry and hurt."

noun

Hurt n. (Mach.)

(a)

A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions.

(b)

A husk. See Husk, 2.

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Etymology of 'Hurt'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Hurt" Quotes from Famous Books

... was dreadfully cut up. Ten of its officers were slain outright, and many were wounded. As for the ——th, it fared a little better, not heading a column; but its loss was fearful. Bulstrode was seriously wounded, early in the attack, though his hurt was never supposed to be dangerous. Billings was left dead on the field, and Harris got a scratch that served him to talk ...

— Satanstoe • James Fenimore Cooper

... the table with his fingers, and thinking of it. She had been false to him, treacherous, cruel! But not for her own sake, not for her private advantage; rather to her hurt. Viewed on that side, there was something to be ...

— The Wild Geese • Stanley John Weyman

... be the Lady of Shalott to understand what comfort there may be in a 10 X 6 inch looking-glass. All the world came for the Lady of Shalott into her looking-glass,—the joy of it, the anguish of it, the hope and fear of it, the health and hurt,—10 X 6 inches ...

— Stories of Childhood • Various

... Caroline, Miss Honey, and Delia looked at each other in a daze. Tears filled Delia's eyes, but she controlled her voice and only said huskily, "Come here, Miss Honey, and let me brush you off—you look dreadful. Did it—were you—are you hurt, dear?" ...

— McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908. • Various

... Coyote get wrastled by that badger? It's another yarn, but at least she's brief an' so I'll let you have it. Badgers, you saveys, is sour, sullen, an' lonesome. An' a badger's feelin's is allers hurt about something; you never meets up with him when he ain't hostile an' half-way bent for war. Which it's the habit of these yere morose badgers to spend a heap of their time settin' half in an' half outen ...

— Wolfville Nights • Alfred Lewis

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