hurting

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hurting

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of hurt

noun 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 […]

adjective more hurting · most hurting

  1. Feeling or causing pain.

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Closest in meaning: pain, sore, suffering, harm, injury, damaging, wounding, raging, struggling, offending, undermining, hitting, sensitive, compromising, harms, corrupting

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@misc{hurting_2026,
  title = {hurting},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hurting},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}