hurting : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: hurting	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for hurting
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hurting n a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder; "the patient developed severe pain and distension" Synonym(s): pain, hurting
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hurt \Hurt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hurt}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hurting}.] [OE. hurten, hirten, horten, herten; prob. fr. OF. hurter, heurter, to knock, thrust, strike, F. heurter; cf. W. hyrddu to push, drive, assault, hwrdd a stroke, blow, push; also, a ram, the orig. sense of the verb thus perhaps being, to butt as a ram; cf. D. horten to push, strike, MHG. hurten, both prob. fr. Old French.] 1. To cause physical pain to; to do bodily harm to; to wound or bruise painfully. The hurt lion groans within his den. --Dryden. 2. To impar the value, usefulness, beauty, or pleasure of; to damage; to injure; to harm. Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt. --Milton. 3. To wound the feelings of; to cause mental pain to; to offend in honor or self-respect; to annoy; to grieve. [bd]I am angry and hurt.[b8] --Thackeray.