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Hurting   /hˈərtɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Hurt  v. t.  (past & past part. hurt; pres. part. hurting)  
1.
To cause physical pain to; to do bodily harm to; to wound or bruise painfully. "The hurt lion groans within his den."
2.
To impar the value, usefulness, beauty, or pleasure of; to damage; to injure; to harm. "Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt."
3.
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."


adjective
hurting  adj.  
1.
Aching when touched.
Synonyms: sensitive, sore, tender.
2.
In distress; experiencing difficulty; as, with the dollar exchange rate so high, companies dependent on exports are really hurting. (Colloq.)


noun
hurting  n.  A feeling of pain.
Synonyms: pain.





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"Hurting" Quotes from Famous Books



... impersonal way she had realized this, but Harvey's presence had filled her thoughts, and she had not allowed herself time to consider. And now that the cooler afterthoughts had come she was almost as indignant with herself for showing such open interest in Harvey as for hurting her father's cause. Then she grew startled to realize that even in her thoughts she was placing this man before her father. Harvey was not a fool. He would see that she had been disloyal, and he would cease to respect her. She ...
— The Short Line War • Merwin-Webster
... decided on the latter, a remarkable choice for a child. The repeating these lines seemed to stir up the depths of feeling in her soul. She asked to be allowed to write a poem; there was a doubt whether it would be right to allow her, in case of hurting her eyes. She pleaded earnestly, 'Just this once'; the point was yielded, her slate was given her, and with great rapidity she wrote an address of fourteen lines, 'to her loved cousin on the author's recovery,' her last work ...
— Stories of Childhood • Various
... a steady soothing hand on his arm and a gentle voice that never lets him go] It's your soul that's hurting you, Bill, and not me. We've been through it all ourselves. Come with us, Bill. [He looks wildly round]. To brave manhood on earth and eternal glory in heaven. [He is on the point of breaking down]. Come. [A drum is heard ...
— Major Barbara • George Bernard Shaw
... "Well, I don't like hurting people," she said. "And I don't want to hurt you. You understand that, don't you?" There ...
— The Obstacle Race • Ethel M. Dell
... does jolt the life out of him, notwithstanding his great weight; nor does it interfere in any way with his speed of action, which is like lightning, the instant he touches the ground. Like the coon, who can fall from an incredible distance without hurting himself, Mooween comes down perfectly limp, falling on himself like a great cushion; but the moment he strikes, all his muscles seem to contract at once, and he bounds off like a rubber ball into the densest bit of cover ...
— Wood Folk at School • William J. Long


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