noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A sensation that hurts.

   "Surely, it may be urged, no one else can be the subject of my very hurtings or my very itchings. Other people can hurt or itch in the same way […]"

2. 2
   a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of hurt form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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painaches and painsachingacuteafflictedafflictive

Antonyms

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help

Example

More examples

"Sometimes we lie to keep from hurting someone else's feelings."

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