1
as in aches
to feel or cause physical pain
my head hurts a bad sprain that really hurts I hurt all over
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2
as in damages
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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3
as in injures
to cause bodily damage to
the common belief that reading in poor light hurts your eyes
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as in grieves
to feel deep sadness or mental pain
I know you must be hurting from the cruel words they said
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1
as in pains
a state of great suffering of body or mind
in her hurt she said a lot of things to her boyfriend that she didn't really mean
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2
as in harms
something that causes loss or pain
a totally baseless accusation that caused lasting hurt to his reputation
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Recent Examples of hurts
Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 28 Oct. 2025
There’s a lot of optimism and spontaneity surrounding this zodiac sign, so even conversations that leave you laughing until your stomach hurts wouldn’t be out of the ordinary.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
But something always hurts that late in a marathon.
—Nicholas Thompson, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2025
But the very technology that enables that convenience seriously hurts its picture quality and speed compared with LCD frames.
—PC Magazine, 21 Oct. 2025
This practice hurts both artists and their fans.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025
This is where Sturm’s back injury hurts.
—Michael Russo, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
Calling recently during a two-day run in Madison, Wisconsin, Batiste is delighted to discuss not only his new music, but his love of Joni Mitchell, his collaboration with Beyoncé and how the loss of late-night shows hurts musicians.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
That’s why this hurts so deeply.
—Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2025
Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
However, both Sheth and Mehta said supplemental screening for women with breast implants never hurts.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 28 Oct. 2025
There’s a lot of optimism and spontaneity surrounding this zodiac sign, so even conversations that leave you laughing until your stomach hurts wouldn’t be out of the ordinary.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
But something always hurts that late in a marathon.
—Nicholas Thompson, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2025
But the very technology that enables that convenience seriously hurts its picture quality and speed compared with LCD frames.
—PC Magazine, 21 Oct. 2025
This practice hurts both artists and their fans.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025
This is where Sturm’s back injury hurts.
—Michael Russo, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
Calling recently during a two-day run in Madison, Wisconsin, Batiste is delighted to discuss not only his new music, but his love of Joni Mitchell, his collaboration with Beyoncé and how the loss of late-night shows hurts musicians.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
That’s why this hurts so deeply.
—Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
Work On Your Personal Relationships Work on your most significant personal relationship to shore up conflict, hurts and wounds, and turn it into one that is life-giving and energizing.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hurts
Verb
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While the flu is traditionally associated with symptoms like fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, runny or stuffy nose, headache and fatigue, children and adults alike can experience moderate to severe complications.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
23 Oct. 2025
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After sitting at my sewing machine for a couple of hours, my neck aches and my right foot is stiff from standing to attention over the pedal.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The loss significantly damages Memphis’ American Conference and College Football Playoff hopes.—
Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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An autoimmune condition that damages the stomach lining, like thyroid disease, can also cause atrophic gastritis.—
Carrie Madormo,
Health,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Derek gravely injures his hand.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
9 Oct. 2025
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Gafford injures ankle The Mavericks are likely to be without one of their major frontcourt pieces this preseason.—
Christian Clark,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The annual hand-wringing around whether New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone should be fired is already under way, but that won’t be decided for weeks as the club’s management takes a breath and grieves the club’s latest playoff exit.—
Barry M. Bloom,
Sportico.com,
12 Oct. 2025
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In Saunders’s afterlife, various spirits join Willie, Lincoln’s eleven-year-old son who has died from typhoid fever, while his father grieves in the crypt.—
Book Marks
October 2,
Literary Hub,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The movie takes pains to illustrate how the possible end of the world will begin like any other day.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
24 Oct. 2025
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Colleagues who failed to take similar pains earned his everlasting disdain.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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For children, the concern is particularly great because their smaller bodies and metabolisms put them at a greater vulnerability for harms caused by exposure, according to the FDA.—
Madeline Holcombe,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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OpenAI’s launch of its pioneering ChatGPT sparked a global AI craze that has drawn hundreds of billions of dollars in investments into Silicon Valley technology companies, and raised alarms that the technology will lead to harms ranging from rampant unemployment to terrorism.—
Ethan Baron,
Mercury News,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Portugal’s coastline throbs with beach goers and sports enthusiasts.—
Tom Mullen,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Deadly holiday weekend mars broad crime drop The back-and-forth followed a Labor Day weekend of deadly violence in Chicago worse than in the previous two years, with seven people shot to death, according to preliminary Chicago Police Department reports.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
3 Sep. 2025
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Valuing a project at cost of production rather than value in an arm’s length sale—common in all economic statistics—especially mars Chinese data.—
Bill Conerly,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Hurts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hurts. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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