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Word entry · 4 letters

hurt

Best crossword clue

"Cause pain to"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /hɜːt/Part of speech verb, noun, adjectiveSorted hrtuStarts with HEnds with T1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. give trouble or pain to

Word origin

Unclear. Suggestions include: from its resemblance to a blue hurtleberry, or from French heurt (a blow, leaving a blue bruise), the latter of which would make it a doublet of hurt Etymology 1; compare the theories about golpe (“purple roundel”)).

Used in a sentence

  • If anybody hurts my little brother, I will get upset.
  • This injection might hurt a little. Your arm will be hurting you for a while.
  • He was deeply hurt he hadn’t been invited.

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