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Definition: Hurting |
HurtingNoun1. A symptom of some physical hurt or disorder; "the patient developed severe pain and distension". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "hurting" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Synonym: HurtingSynonym: pain (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Pain | Adjective: causing pain, hurting; Verb: hurtful; (bad); painful; dolorific, dolorous; unpleasant; unpleasing, displeasing; disagreeable, unpalatable, bitter, distasteful; uninviting; unwelcome; undesirable, undesired; obnoxious; unacceptable, unpopular, thankless. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Hurting |
| English words defined with "hurting": ache ♦ hurt ♦ sensitive, sore, suffer ♦ tender. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "hurting": Feet ♦ Last Run Theory ♦ MAIDEN LADY ♦ Outis. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I woke up on the wrong side of the bed. My back was hurting, like there was a knife there (Shanghai Knights; writing credit: Alfred Gough; Miles Millar) Get up from the piano, boy. You're hurting its feelings (Scott Joplin; writing credit: Christopher Knopf) Well, I remember trying to dig up stuff back then, but, you know, turns out, when a secret government agency studies vampires and puts chips in their brains that keep them from hurting people, they don't really build web sites (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) You are hurting me. (Star Trek: Voyager; writing credit: Douglas Day Stewart) She is cute when she's hurting. (Angel; writing credit: Letícia Dornelles) | |
Lyrics | We go on hurting each other (Hurting Each Other; performing artist: The Carpenters) It's hurting me (I Don't Wanna; performing artist: Aaliyah) But we've been hurting one another (Walking On Broken Glass; performing artist: Annie Lennox) Baby I know you are hurting (I'll Never Break Your Heart; performing artist: Backstreet Boys) Wasn't hurting anyone (You May Be Right; performing artist: Billy Joel) | |
Song Titles | LOVE IS A HURTING THING (performing artist: Lou Rawls ) Hurting Each Other (performing artist: The Carpenters) WHAT'S THE MATTER BABY (IS IT HURTING YOU) (performing artist: Timi Yuro ) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Unemployment : it's hurting us all : register and vote!. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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 | Injure; injury; hurt; hurting; injures; boo-boo; discomfort; distress; gash; harm; nick; ouch; pain; painful; pang; sore; soreness; suffering; wound; . | | Sigh; blue; blue funk; bummed out; cast down; crestfallen; crummy; dejected; despondent; destroyed; disconsolate; dispirited; down; downcast; downhearted; dragged; fed up; glum; grim; hurting; in pain; let down; low; low down; low-spirited; lugubrious; me. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | Them meaning of good and bad, of better and worse, is simply helping or hurting. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | But whether this be from a true love of mankind and society, and such a charity as we owe all one to another, there is reason to doubt: for this is no more than what every man, who loves his own power, profit, or greatness, may and naturally must do, keep those animals from hurting, or destroying one another, who labour and drudge only for his pleasure and advantage; and so are taken care of, not out of any love the master has for them, but love of himself, and the profit they bring him: for if it be asked, what security, what fence is there, in such a state, against the violence and oppression of this absolute ruler? the very question can scarce be borne. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | They can suggest ways to help you without hurting the sore areas. (references) | |
People who take painkillers on a regular basis should check with their doctors to make sure they are not hurting their kidneys. (references) | ||
Business | While weak oil prices are hurting building and infrastructure, there is strong demand in industry and utilities. (references) | |
Foreign reserves at the Central Bank declined from $20 billion in 1998 to $14.5 billion in November 2000. Nevertheless, it is clear that local shortages persist, disrupting business transactions and hurting investor confidence. (references) | ||
Economic History | Czech Rep | In the recent past, however, unhealthy ownership links between investment funds spawned by voucher privatization, banks and companies led to the issuance of non-competitive loans, hurting the financial health of the banking sector. (references) |
Uruguay | Key factors hurting the economy in 2000 were higher international interest rates, a tight credit policy, higher oil prices, a decline in prices for locally-produced commodities, a severe drought and low demand from neighboring Argentina and Brazil. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
John Walsh | I don't think terrorism is successful. I think that terrorism is successful in hurting people and destroying lives. |
Linda Zamsky-Katz | Of course. We all do. But we're more sad and we're hurting right now. We can't allow that to overtake our lives. We're going to get through this. |
Marla Hanson | Maybe I might have. You know, but then you have the guilt that you didn't stop them from hurting somebody else. So I don't know, I was proud of myself for doing that, and standing up for myself and going through that process, but it came at a big price. |
Regis Philbin | Well, I was disappointed but I understood that they had nothing else, so they went with the one that was getting the homerun. And even at the cost of hurting the show, we did make a lot of money for ABC, and they did enjoy high ratings. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | We can expand the economy without hurting the environment. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Hurting" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 99.24% of the time. "Hurting" is used about 397 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 99.24% | 394 | 14,131 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 0.76% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 397 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "hurting": you are hurting me. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
hurting | 41 | cock huge hurting woman | 2 |
hurting poem | 10 | fear hurting tears | 2 |
hurting foot | 9 | hurting sex | 2 |
hurting quote | 6 | heel hurting | 2 |
breast hurting | 4 | hurting leg | 2 |
friend hurting poem that | 3 | hurting tooth | 2 |
hurting pussy | 3 | help for the hurting | 2 |
hurting love quote | 3 | hurting love one | 2 |
hurting nipples | 3 | hurting newborn toddler | 2 |
god help hurting people power | 2 | hurting testicle | 2 |
hurting love poem | 2 | dealing death hurting it recent stop when will | 2 |
don ever get hurting t tired | 2 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "hurting"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 伤害 (injure, injured, Injuries, Injuring, INJURY). (various references) | |
German | verletzend (abusive, blasphemous, blessing, harmful, hurtful, hurtfully, infringing, injuring, mischievous, nasty, upsetting, violating), schmerzend (aching, painful, paining). (various references) | |
Indonesian | kengiluan (hurting feeling, smarting pain). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 耳障り (hurting one's ears). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | みみざわり (hurting one's ears). (various references) | |
Korean | 낙상. (various references) | |
Manx | gortaghey (acidulate, hurt, maim, pain). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | urtinghay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | voc est me machucando (you are hurting me). (various references) | |
Thai | ซึ่งทำร้าย. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Centaurea cyanus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 15, Verse 19 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Odoi aergwn estrwmenai akanqaiV ai de twn andreiwn tetrimmenai |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Iter pigrorum quasi sepes spinarum via iustorum absque offendiculo |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | The weie of slowe men as heggis of thornes; the weie of riytwis men withoute thing of hurting. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | The way of the slothful man is as a hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Thorns are round the way of the hater of work; but the road of the hard worker becomes a highway. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 15, Verse 19 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Ang dalan sa tapulan maingon sa usa ka koral sa mga tunok; Apan ang dalan sa tawong matul-id gihimong usa ka halapad nga dalan |
| Croatian | Put je ljenivèev kao glogov trnjak, a utrta je staza pravednika. |
| Danish | Den lades Vej er spærret af Tjørn, de flittiges Sti er banet. |
| Dutch | De weg des luiaards is als een doornheg; maar het pad der oprechten is welgebaand. |
| Finnish | Laiskan tie on kuin orjantappurapehko, mutta oikeamielisten polku on raivattu. |
| French | Le chemin du paresseux est comme une haie d`épines, Mais le sentier des hommes droits est aplani. |
| German | Der Weg des Faulen ist dornig; aber der Weg des Frommen ist wohl gebahnt. |
| Haitian Creole | ¶ Lè ou parese, ou wè pwoblèm toupatou. Men, pou moun ki pa pè travay, pa gen pwoblèm ki pou rete l'. |
| Hungarian | A restnek útja olyan, mint a tövises sövény; az igazaknak pedig útja megegyengetett. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Orang malas akan selalu mengalami kesukaran; orang jujur tidak menemui kesulitan. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Bahwa jalan orang pemalas itu seperti pagar duri, tetapi jalan orang benar itu rata adanya. |
| Italian | La via del pigro è come una siepe di spine, la strada degli uomini retti è una strada appianata. |
| Maori | ¶ Ko te ara o te tangata mangere, ano he taiepa tataramoa; he ara nui ia to te tangata tika. |
| Norwegian | Den lates vei er som en tornehekk, men de opriktiges vei er ryddet. |
| Portuguese | O caminho do preguiçoso é como a sebe de espinhos; porém a vereda dos justos é uma estrada real. |
| Rumanian | Drumul lenewului este ca un hqyiw de spini, dar cqrarea celor fqrq prihanq este netezitq. - |
| Russian | рХФШ МЕОЙЧПЗП--ЛБЛ ФЕТОПЧЩК МЕФЕОШ, Б ХФШ ТБЧЕ"ОЩИ--ЗМБ"ЛЙК. |
| Spanish | El camino del perezoso es como cerco de espinas, pero la senda de los rectos es llana. |
| Swedish | Den lates stig är såsom spärrad av törne, men de redliga hava en banad stig. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Misspellings | |
"Hurting" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: gurting, Haratin, horting, hurding, hurking, hursing, Hurtig, husting, Hutin, jurtina, khurtan, urting. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "hurting" (pronounced her"ting) |
| 4 | -er" t i ng | alerting, asserting, averting, converting, disconcerting, diverting, exerting, flirting, inserting, perverting, reasserting, reverting, skirting, spurting, squirting, subverting. |
| 3 | -t i ng | annotating, anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, aborting, accosting, accounting, accrediting, accumulating, acquitting, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, adjusting, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, amounting, arresting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, assimilating, assisting, associating, attempting, attesting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, authenticating, automating, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, biting, bitting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, bursting, busting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, casting, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coagulating, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, commenting, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, complementing, completing, complicating, complimenting, composting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, confronting, congratulating, connecting, consenting, consisting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, delisting, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, digesting, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, discriminating, disgusting, disintegrating, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, divesting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, dusting, eating, editing, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, enchanting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, everlasting, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, existing, exiting, exonerating, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, fasting, faulting, feasting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, frosting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, graduating, grafting, granting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, haunting, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, humiliating, hunting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implanting, implementing, implicating, importing, imprinting, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingesting, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, injecting, innovating, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, investing, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, lamenting, laminating, lasting, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, limiting, liquidating, listing, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, lusting, malting, mandating, manifesting, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, nesting, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, parting, pasting, patenting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, persisting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, placating, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, posting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, preexisting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, reactivating, readjusting, reallocating, rebutting, recalculating, recanting, recasting, reciprocating, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvesting, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, repeating, replanting, replicating, reporting, representing, reprinting, repudiating, requesting, rerouting, resenting, resisting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, resting, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, rusting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, sitting, skating, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, squatting, squinting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, suffocating, suggesting, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, targeting, tasting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, terminating, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, toasting, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, venting, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, writing, yachting. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "g-h-i-n-r-t-u" | |
-1 letter: truing, ungirt. | |
-2 letters: girth, grith, grunt, night, right, ruing, rutin, thing, unrig. | |
-3 letters: girn, girt, grin, grit, hint, hung, hunt, hurt, nigh, ring, ruin, rung, runt, ruth, thin, thir, thru, thug, ting, trig, trug, tung, turn, unit. | |
-4 letters: ghi, gin, git, gnu, gun, gut, hin, hit, hug, hun, hut, nit, nth, nut, rig, rin. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-h-i-n-r-t-u" | |
+1 letter: hurtling, unbright. | |
+2 letters: authoring, crutching, grutching, hungriest, naughtier, thrumming, thrusting, wuthering. | |
+3 letters: burthening, butchering, chuntering, draughting, fraughting, furthering, groupthink, gunfighter, murthering, outhearing, outrushing, retouching, shuttering, thundering, trauchling, triumphing, unearthing, unthroning, uprighting, upthrowing. | |
+4 letters: authorising, authorizing, coauthoring, groupthinks, gunfighters, haircutting, huckstering, outcharging, outcharming, outhomering, outhumoring, outmarching, outreaching, outthrowing, outwhirling, overhunting, parachuting, scouthering, thoroughpin, underweight, unrighteous, unsightlier, untethering, unthreading, unwreathing, upgathering, uprightness, upthrusting. | |
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