n. 25B6; verb
my back hurts : BE PAINFUL, be sore, be tender, cause pain, cause discomfort; ache, smart, sting, burn, throb; informal be killing; Brit. informal be playing up.
Dad hurt his leg : INJURE, wound, damage, disable, incapacitate, maim, mutilate; bruise, cut, gash, graze, scrape, scratch, lacerate.
his words hurt her : DISTRESS, pain, wound, sting, upset, sadden, devastate, grieve, mortify; cut to the quick.
high interest rates are hurting the economy : HARM, damage, be detrimental to, weaken, blight, impede, jeopardize, undermine, ruin, wreck, sabotage, cripple.
heal, comfort, benefit.
25B6; noun
falling properly minimizes hurt : HARM, injury, wounding, pain, suffering, discomfort, soreness; aching, smarting, stinging, throbbing.
all the hurt he had caused : DISTRESS, pain, suffering, grief, misery, anguish, trauma, woe, upset, sadness, sorrow; harm, damage, trouble.
joy.
25B6; adjective
my hurt hand : INJURED, wounded, bruised, grazed, cut, gashed, sore, painful, aching, smarting, throbbing.
Anne's hurt expression : PAINED, distressed, anguished, upset, sad, mortified, offended; informal miffed, peeved, sore.
pleased.