hurt

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

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Quick take

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

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of hurt gathered in one view.

noun

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

noun

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

noun

feelings of mental or physical pain

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for hurt.

noun

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

noun

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

noun

feelings of mental or physical pain

noun

a damage or loss

noun

the act of damaging something or someone

verb

be the source of pain

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"

verb

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

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?"

verb

feel pain or be in pain

adjective

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

adjective

damaged inanimate objects or their value

Example sentences

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.

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.

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.