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adjective

Definition of hurtingnext
as in aching
causing or feeling bodily pain a badly hurting finger kept her from writing neatly

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hurting

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verb

present participle of hurt
1
as in throbbing
to feel or cause physical pain my head hurts a bad sprain that really hurts I hurt all over

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as in damaging
to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of don't worry that you'll hurt the new lawn by walking across it

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as in injuring
to cause bodily damage to the common belief that reading in poor light hurts your eyes

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4
as in grieving
to feel deep sadness or mental pain I know you must be hurting from the cruel words they said

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hurting
  1. aching
  2. grieving
  3. painful
  4. injuring
  5. mourning
  6. sore
  7. damaging
  8. suffering
Adjective
  • Somebody Somewhere is tiny: a gorgeous, introspective, intimate story about a woman with devastatingly mundane problems whose chief obstacle is her own aching sense of grief and dislocation.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2024
  • In this novel about the shape-shifting nature of love, Parsons captures Kit’s grief in aching and honest terms.
    Annabel Gutterman, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of aching
Verb
  • In another portion of her interview with PEOPLE, June talked about the myriad emotions she's experienced while grieving her late daughter.
    Raven Brunner, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
  • So to everybody who's grieving, who's lost someone in this room, listen to me, just grieve.
    Tommy McArdle, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of grieving
Adjective
  • Being apart from them was a painful sacrifice, but the promise of Canadian residency for her and eventually her children seemed worth it.
    Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Divorce is a profoundly personal and often painful experience, made even more complex for entrepreneurs whose personal and business lives are closely intertwined.
    Sara Khaki, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of painful
Verb
  • During his appearance on the podcast, Freeman also spoke about injuring himself on the set of David Fincher's thriller movie, Se7en.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Police in Pennsylvania are searching for a man charged with breaking into a home in a Philadelphia suburb, fatally shooting a 25-year-old man and injuring a woman.
    Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of injuring
Verb
  • The 49ers wasted no more time mourning their previous three straight defeats, from the last-minute loss to Seattle here to the ensuing blowouts in Green Bay (38-10) and Buffalo (35-10).
    Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Stevie Nicks is still mourning the loss of Christine McVie.
    Jeff Nelson, People.com, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of mourning
Adjective
  • In the mountains, the Westin Riverfront Resort and Spa in Avon offers treatments for dry skin and sore muscles at Spa Anjali.
    Mindy Sink, The Denver Post, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Videos—of jaws before and after reshaping with masseter Botox and clips of people swearing by the procedure's ability to calm their sore jaws—have millions of views.
    Tori Crowther, Allure, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of sore
Adjective
  • Triggering a damaging government shutdown would hurt families who are gathering to meet with their loved ones and endanger the basic services Americans from veterans to Social Security recipients rely on.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Some of the strongest evidence comes from lab studies using animals as well as what's already known about the damaging effects of chemicals added to plastics.
    Will Stone, NPR, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of damaging
Verb
  • Sam Williams tore his ACL before the season began, and DeMarcus Lawrence still remains out after suffering a foot injury earlier this season.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Ten of 12 initial samples from victims came back positive for malaria, suggesting that patients may have been suffering from multiple illnesses at once, Ghebreyesus said.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of suffering
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