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Meaning of hurt

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  hurt
      adj 1: suffering from physical injury especially that suffered
             in battle; "nursing his wounded arm"; "ambulances...for
             the hurt men and women" [syn: {hurt}, {wounded}]
      2: damaged inanimate objects or their value [syn: {hurt},
         {weakened}]
      n 1: any physical damage to the body caused by violence or
           accident or fracture etc. [syn: {injury}, {hurt}, {harm},
           {trauma}]
      2: psychological suffering; "the death of his wife caused him
         great distress" [syn: {distress}, {hurt}, {suffering}]
      3: feelings of mental or physical pain [syn: {suffering},
         {hurt}]
      4: a damage or loss [syn: {detriment}, {hurt}]
      5: the act of damaging something or someone [syn: {damage},
         {harm}, {hurt}, {scathe}]
      v 1: be the source of pain [syn: {ache}, {smart}, {hurt}]
      2: give trouble or pain to; "This exercise will hurt your back"
      3: cause emotional anguish or make miserable; "It pains me to
         see my children not being taught well in school" [syn:
         {pain}, {anguish}, {hurt}]
      4: cause damage or affect negatively; "Our business was hurt by
         the new competition" [syn: {hurt}, {injure}]
      5: hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include
         me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego"
         [syn: {hurt}, {wound}, {injure}, {bruise}, {offend}, {spite}]
      6: feel physical pain; "Were you hurting after the accident?"
         [syn: {hurt}, {ache}, {suffer}]
      7: feel pain or be in pain [syn: {suffer}, {hurt}] [ant: {be
         well}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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