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Definition of hurt adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

hurt

adjective
 
/hɜːt/
 
/hɜːrt/
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  1. injured physically
    • None of the passengers were badly hurt.
    • Steve didn't look seriously hurt.
    • Stop that or you'll get hurt!
    opposite unhurtTopics Health problemsa2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • look
    • get
    adverb
    • badly
    • seriously
    • physically
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  2. upset and offended by something that somebody has said or done
    • a hurt look/expression
    • You have every right to feel hurt.
    • hurt that… She was deeply hurt that she had not been invited.
    • Martha's hurt pride showed in her eyes.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • feel
    • look
    adverb
    • deeply
    • extremely
    • really
    preposition
    • by
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  3. Word OriginMiddle English (originally in the senses ‘ to strike’ and ‘a blow’): from Old French hurter (verb), hurt (noun), perhaps ultimately of Germanic origin.
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