Thesaurus
hurt
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of HURT
1
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>
Synonyms affliction, agony, anguish, excruciation, hurt, misery, pain, rack, strait(s), torment, torture, travail, tribulation, woe
Related Words discomfort; cross, crucible, trial; heartache, heartbreak, joylessness, sadness, sorrow, unhappiness; emergency, pinch; asperity, difficulty, hardship, rigor; ache, pang, smarting, soreness, stitch, throe, twinge; danger, jeopardy, trouble
Near Antonyms comfort, consolation, solace; alleviation, assuagement, ease, relief; peace, security; well-being
2
something that causes loss or pain <a totally baseless accusation that caused lasting hurt to his reputation>
Related Words disservice, injustice, outrage, wrong; affront, dart, indignity, insult, offense (or offence); beating, crippling, mayhem, mutilation; defacement, disability, disablement, disfigurement, impairment; lesion; rupture, strain; abrasion, chafe, scrape, scratch; boo-boo, bruise, contusion, swelling, wound; bump, concussion; cut, gash, laceration; burn, scald, scar, scathe, sear
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