Hurt in a sentence as a noun

Deep inside, they believe that if it doesn't hurt horribly, it must not be worth it.

That might ultimately hurt Square more than it helps, both financially and in PR.

It won't help anyone, will likely alienate people from the site, will probably lead to hurt feelings, and so on and so forth.

Hurt in a sentence as a verb

People who pirate Microsoft products don't really hurt Microsoft, they hurt the rest of the competition.

Don't make someone else's technology such an important part of your offering that not having them will hurt you.

It's a little early to say for sure, but I predict this will do more to hurt Apple's reputation in the tech community than anything they've done before.

Hurt in a sentence as an adjective

I spoke with the government officials, I told them we were hurt by these baseless accusations, and they admitted that they really had no evidence of any wrongdoing.

If I were the aforementioned company I'd cut my losses and terminate the employee for bad PR. Now the OP has potentially hurt the suspected perpetrator's family based on actions his family is probably not even familiar with.

The result will be, I believe, that Oracle will get its day in court but will only be able to proceed with a much-stripped-down version of its claims - something that might hurt Google a bit financially but will pose no real threat to the Android platform as a whole and will amount in time to nothing more than a blip on the radar.

Hurt definitions

noun

any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.

See also: injury harm trauma

noun

psychological suffering; "the death of his wife caused him great distress"

See also: distress suffering

noun

feelings of mental or physical pain

See also: suffering

noun

a damage or loss

See also: detriment

noun

the act of damaging something or someone

See also: damage harm scathe

verb

be the source of pain

See also: ache smart

verb

give trouble or pain to; "This exercise will hurt your back"

verb

cause emotional anguish or make miserable; "It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school"

See also: pain anguish

verb

cause damage or affect negatively; "Our business was hurt by the new competition"

See also: injure

verb

hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego"

See also: wound injure bruise offend spite

verb

feel physical pain; "Were you hurting after the accident?"

See also: ache suffer

verb

feel pain or be in pain

See also: suffer

adjective

suffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battle; "nursing his wounded arm"; "ambulances...for the hurt men and women"

See also: wounded

adjective

damaged inanimate objects or their value

See also: weakened