1. A symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
   "The athlete complained of a hurting in his shoulder";
   - pain

1. Give trouble or pain to
   "This exercise will hurt your back"
    
2. Be a source of pain
   "The cut on his hand hurt";
   - ache, smart
    
3. Feel ill, be uncomfortable or in pain
   "Were you hurting after the accident?";
   - suffer, ache
    
4. Cause emotional anguish or make miserable
   "It hurts me to see my children not being taught well in school";
   - pain, anguish
    
5. Cause (somebody) emotional pain or offence
   "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests";
   - wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite
    
6. Cause damage or affect negatively
   "Our business was hurt by the new competition";
   - injure

Derived forms: hurtings

Type of: arouse, cause to be perceived, damage, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, elicit, enkindle [literary], evoke, experience, feel, indispose, kindle, provoke, raise, symptom, untune [rare], upset

Encyclopedia: Hurting