Crossword Dictionary

hurt

verb 

To feel or suffer bodily or mental pain or distress.

synonyms

pain, suffering, harm, impair, injure, wound

examples:

‘The offices were firebombed in 2011; no one was hurt but a permanent police car was subsequently stationed outside.’

‘Full-grown men play-acting at being hurt when absolutely nothing happened.’

‘Forget it not: for there is no returning, and thou shalt do him no good, and shalt hurt thyself.’

‘No one was hurt, although the shot was evidently intended for my party.’

‘The poor dog was severely hurt about the neck; it recovered, however, soon afterwards.’

‘A knife would hurt, but Aunty Rosa had told him, a year ago, that if he sucked paint he would die.’