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- hurting (adj.) 1680s, "causing hurt," from prp. of HURT (Cf. hurt) (v.). Reflexive sense of "suffering, feeling pain" recorded by 1944.
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hurting — adj. 1. aching when touched. Syn: sensitive, sore, tender. [WordNet 1.5] 2. In distress; experiencing difficulty; as, with the dollar exchange rate so high, companies dependent on exports are really hurting. [Colloq.] [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hurting — n. a feeling of pain. Syn: pain. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hurting — index disabling, painful Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
hurting — 1. mod. very ugly; in pain from ugliness. (Similar to hurt.) □ That dog of yours is something to behold. It’s really hurting. □ Man, is she hurting! 2. mod. seriously in need of something, such as a dose of drugs. (Drugs.) □ Gert is hurting. She… … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
Hurting — 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,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Hurting Each Other — Infobox Single Name = Hurting Each Other Caption = Artist = The Carpenters from Album = A Song for You B side = Maybe It s You Released = December 23, 1971 Format = 7 single Recorded = Autumn 1971 Genre = Pop Length = 02:48 Label = A M Records… … Wikipedia
hurting — Synonyms and related words: Schmerz, aches and pains, aching, acute, afflicted, afflictive, agonized, agonizing, algetic, atrocious, bankruptcy, biting, breakage, breakdown, collapse, convulsed, crack up, cramping, crippling, crucified, cruel,… … Moby Thesaurus
hurting — adj 1. American suffering from the lack of a necessity, usually a drug. By the 1990s the term, previously used in a romantic context, almost invariably referred to a narcotics withdrawal. ► I was on the street and hurtin with noth ing to cop with … Contemporary slang
hurting — hÉœrt /hÉœËt n. injury, wound v. cause pain; injure, wound; be injured, be wounded; cause emotional distress; damage, harm adj. injured, harmed; emotionally wounded; damaged … English contemporary dictionary
hurting — hurt·ing … English syllables
