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adj. injured VERBS be, look | get Stop that or you'll get hurt! ADV. badly, seriously Steve didn't look seriously hurt. | slightly upset VERBS be, feel, look, seem, sound | get ADV. bitterly, deeply, extremely, really, terribly, very | a bit, quite, rather, slightly PREP. by Roy seemed deeply hurt by this remark., noun ADJ. bitter, deep, great VERB + HURT feel the deep hurt that he felt when Jane left him | cause She knew that she had caused her husband a lot of hurt., verb cause pain/injury ADV. badly, seriously She fell and hurt her leg quite badly. No one was seriously hurt in the accident. | slightly be/feel painful ADV. badly, a lot, really My ankle still hurts quite badly. Does it hurt a lot? Ouch! It really hurts. | slightly VERB + HURT be going to I knew it was going to hurt?but not that much! | begin to upset sb ADV. badly, deeply, really, terribly Her remarks hurt him deeply. They never told me why and that really hurt. VERB + HURT attempt to, try to Are you deliberately trying to hurt me? | want to Why would I want to hurt her? | not mean to I never meant to hurt anyone.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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to injure yourself or someone else
hurt
to damage part of your body, or someone else’s body:
• She slipped on the ice and hurt herself badly. • Be careful you don’t hurt anyone with that knife.
injure
to hurt yourself quite severely, or to be hurt in an accident or fighting:
• One of our players has injured his leg, and will be out of the game for weeks. • Four people have been seriously injured on the Arizona highway.
wound
to deliberately hurt someone using a weapon such as a knife or gun:
• The gunmen shot and killed twelve people and wounded three others.
maim
[ usually passive ] to hurt someone very severely, especially so that they lose an arm, leg etc, often as the result of an explosion:
• In countries where there are landmines, people are killed and maimed daily.
break
to hurt a part of your body by breaking a bone in it:
• The X-ray showed that I had broken my wrist.
bruise
to hurt a part of your body when you fall on it or hit it, causing a dark mark to appear on your skin:
• Cathy fell off her bike and bruised her legs badly.
sprain/twist
to hurt your knee, wrist, shoulder etc by suddenly twisting it while you are moving:
• I jumped down from the wall and landed awkwardly, spraining my ankle.
strain/pull
to hurt one of your muscles by stretching it or using it too much:
• When you are lifting heavy loads, be careful not to strain a back muscle.
dislocate
to damage a joint in your body in a way that moves the two parts of the joint out of their normal position:
• Our best batsman dislocated his shoulder during training.
paralyse
[ usually passive ] to make someone lose the ability to move part or all of their body:
• A climbing accident had left him paralysed from the chest down.
when part of your body feels painful
hurt
if part of your body hurts, it feels painful:
• My chest hurts when I cough.
ache
to hurt with a continuous pain:
• I’d been walking all day and my legs were really aching.
throb
to feel a bad pain that comes and goes again in a regular and continuous way:
• Lou had a terrible headache and his whole head seemed to be throbbing.
sting
to feel a sharp pain, or to make someone feel this, especially in your eyes, throat, or skin:
• My throat stings every time I swallow. • This injection may sting a little.
smart
to hurt with a sudden sharp pain – used especially about your eyes, or your skin where something has hit you:
• Her eyes were smarting from the thick smoke. • Jackson’s face was still smarting from the punch.
burn
to feel very hot and painful or uncomfortable:
• Be careful because this chemical will make your skin burn. • His eyes were burning because of the gas.
pinch
if something you are wearing pinches you, it is too tight and presses painfully on your skin:
• The shirt was a bit too small and it was pinching my neck.
something is killing me
spoken informal used when something feels very painful:
• My legs are killing me. • These shoes are killing me.
a bad back/leg/arm etc
if you have a bad back/leg/arm etc, it feels painful:
• He’s off work with a bad back.
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