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HURTING Synonyms

40 synonyms for hurting. (exact relations)
27 hypernyms for hurting. (close relations)

Best Synonyms for HURTING

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suffering

noun

n

noun

• a state of acute pain

• misery resulting from affliction

• psychological suffering

• feelings of mental or physical pain

adjective satellite

• troubled by pain or loss

• very unhappy; full of misery

wounded

adjective

adj

noun

• people who are wounded

adjective satellite

• suffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battle

aching

adjective

adj

noun

• a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain

adjective satellite

• causing a dull and steady pain

afflicted

verb, adjective

v, adj

adjective satellite

• grievously affected especially by disease

• mentally or physically unfit

agonizing

adjective

adj

adjective satellite

• extremely painful

anguished

adjective

adj

adjective satellite

• experiencing intense pain especially mental pain

damaged

adjective

adj

adjective

• harmed or injured or spoiled

adjective satellite

• being unjustly brought into disrepute

distressed

adjective

adj

adjective

• generalized feeling of distress

adjective satellite

• facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty

• suffering severe physical strain or distress

• afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief

excruciating

adjective

adj

adjective satellite

• extremely painful

injured

adjective

adj

adjective

• harmed

adjective satellite

• emotionally hurt or upset or annoyed

painful

adjective

adj

adjective

• causing physical or psychological pain

adjective satellite

• causing misery or pain or distress

• exceptionally bad or displeasing

• causing physical discomfort

smarting

verb, adjective

v, adj

noun

• a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore

sore

verb, adjective

v, adj

noun

• an open skin infection

adjective satellite

• hurting

• causing misery or pain or distress

• roused to anger

stinging

adjective

adj

noun

• a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung

adjective satellite

• (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character

tender

verb, noun, adjective

v, n, adj

adjective

• given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality

• easy to cut or chew

• physically untoughened

noun

• something that can be used as an official medium of payment

• someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another

• a formal proposal to buy at a specified price

• car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water

• a boat for communication between ship and shore

• ship that usually provides supplies to other ships

adjective satellite

• hurting

• young and immature

• having or displaying warmth or affection

• (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail

• (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition

verb

• offer or present for acceptance

• propose a payment

• make a tender of; in legal settlements

• make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer

throbbing

adjective

adj

noun

• an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart)

• a sound with a strong rhythmic beat

adjective satellite

• pounding or beating strongly or violently

tormented

adjective

adj

adjective satellite

• experiencing intense pain especially mental pain

• tormented or harassed by nightmares or unreasonable fears

torturous

adjective

adj

adjective satellite

• extremely painful

bruised

adjective

adj

noun

• an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration

verb

• injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of

• hurt the feelings of

• break up into small pieces for food preparation

• damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure

harmed

verb, adjective

v, adj

noun

• any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury

• the occurrence of a change for the worse

• the act of damaging something or someone

verb

• cause or do harm to

Best Hypernyms For HURTING

Here is a list of related hypernyms for hurting, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
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