hurting

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noun

A sensation that hurts.

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pain
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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of hurt
nounhurting (plural hurtings)

plural hurtings

  1. A sensation that hurts.

    Surely, it may be urged, no one else can be the subject of my very hurtings or my very itchings. Other people can hurt or itch in the same way […]

    1997, Michael Tye, Ten Problems of Consciousness
adjectivehurting (comparative more hurting, superlative most hurting)

comparative more hurting · superlative most hurting

  1. Feeling or causing pain.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna symptom of some physical hurt or disorder

Similar
pain
Broader
symptom
Also see
pain

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

hurting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hurting

MLA

“hurting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hurting. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hurting,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hurting.

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