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hurting

hurting \hurting\ n. a feeling of pain.

Syn: pain.

hurting

hurting \hurting\ adj.

  1. aching when touched.

    Syn: sensitive, sore, tender.

  2. In distress; experiencing difficulty; as, with the dollar exchange rate so high, companies dependent on exports are really hurting. [Colloq.]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
hurting

1680s, "causing hurt," from present participle of hurt (v.). Reflexive sense of "suffering, feeling pain" recorded by 1944.

Wiktionary
hurting

n. A sensation that hurts. vb. (present participle of hurt English)

WordNet
hurting

n. a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder; "the patient developed severe pain and distension" [syn: pain]

Wikipedia
Hurting

Hurting may refer to:

  • Pain
  • The Hurting, 1983 debut album by Tears for Fears
  • "Hurting" (song), 2010 single by Karl Wolf, featuring Sway
Hurting (song)

"'Hurting'" is a song written and performed by Canadian singer Karl Wolf from his third studio album, Nightlife. A remix version of the song that features Sway, was released as the official single. It was a hit for him on the Canadian Hot 100 charts in 2010 making its debut on the chart dated on March 20, 2010. It has been going up the charts to reach #55 on the chart dated on the issue of April 17, 2010.

Usage examples of "hurting".

He realised dimly that the stickiness was hurting the woman but selfishly continued his thrusts, unable to stop before the tide rising within him.

A man is never justified in hurting his woman, not even in self-defence.

Since Dark-Hunters were created from people who had been horribly wronged or violated, a Dream-Hunter was often assigned to newly created Dark-Hunters to help heal them mentally so that they could function in the world without hurting others.

On that day, I went to the door to warn her, but when I got there I heard her crying out in pain, telling her lover to stop hurting her.

It was hard to conceive of being happy when a friend was hurting, but the Venusians did find a way.

Suddenly they stop talking in a loving manner and automatically begin hurting each other: blaming, complaining, accusing, demanding, resenting, and doubting.

Consequently, a man may not even realize how much he is hurting his partner and thus provoking her resistance.

Writing letters allows you to listen to your own feelings without worrying about hurting your partner.

Some feelings are very difficult to communicate without hurting the listener.

As she wrote him a Love Letter she discovered that she was angry with her father for being so passive and hurting her mother.

Tired and hurting, it had taken every bit of strength he could muster just to walk from the keep to her cottage.

Of all the people for them to pick on, hurting poor Josh angered her most.

Her love for Josiah was still there, shoved into that lockbox in the bottom of her heart, hurting and anguished.

Birdie intended to pike the skulls round the temple-orphanage as a warning to anything or anyone who might consider hurting the children.

All night he dreamed of Aejys, Zyne and the murdered child, awakening in cold sweats, crying brokenly, his body hurting in the ways that suggested he was not far from having another attack.