hurt

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of HURT

to feel or cause physical pain <my head hurts> <a bad sprain that really hurts> <I hurt all over>

Synonyms ache, pain, smart

Related Words bite, bleed, burn, chafe, cramp, fester, itch, nag, pinch, pound, rack, sting, swell, throb, tingle, twinge; agonize, anguish, suffer; afflict, harrow, torment, torture

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

Synonyms blemish, bloody, break, compromise, crab, cripple, cross (up), deface, disfigure, endamage, flaw, harm, hurt, impair, injure, mar, spoil, vitiate

Near Antonyms cure, heal, help, rectify, rehabilitate, remedy; edit, remodel, revise; ameliorate, better, enhance, enrich, improve, meliorate, perfect, refine

Antonyms doctor, fix, mend, patch, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, renovate, repair, revamp

to cause bodily damage to <the common belief that reading in poor light hurts your eyes>

Synonyms damage, harm, hurt, wound

Near Antonyms cure, fix, heal, mend, remedy

to feel deep sadness or mental pain <I know you must be hurting from the cruel words they said>

Synonyms agonize, anguish, bleed, hurt, mourn, sorrow, suffer

Related Words ache, long (for), pine (away), sigh, smart; rack, torment, torture; bemoan, bewail, deplore, lament, rue; bawl, blubber, cry, groan, howl, keen, moan, sob, take on, wail, weep, yammer, yowl; languish; regret

Near Antonyms beam, cheer, crow, delight, exult, glory, joy, laugh, ravish, rejoice, triumph; assure, cheer, comfort, commiserate, console, reassure, solace, soothe, sympathize

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