HURTING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hurting mean? 

• HURTING (noun)
  The noun HURTING has 1 sense:

1. a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder

  Familiarity information: HURTING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HURTING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A symptom of some physical hurt or disorder

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

hurting; pain

Context example:

the patient developed severe pain and distension

Hypernyms ("hurting" is a kind of...):

symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hurting"):

renal colic (sharp pain in the lower back that radiates into the groin; associated with the passage of a renal calculus through the ureter)

odynophagia (severe pain on swallowing due to a disorder of the esophagus)

orchidalgia (pain in the testes)

pang (a sharp spasm of pain)

pang; sting (a mental pain or distress)

photalgia; photophobia (pain in the eye resulting from exposure to bright light (often associated with albinism))

costalgia; pleuralgia; pleurodynia (pain in the chest caused by inflammation of the muscles between the ribs)

podalgia (foot pain)

proctalgia (pain in the rectum)

referred pain (pain that is felt at a place in the body different from the injured or diseased part where the pain would be expected)

neuralgia; neuralgy (acute spasmodic pain along the course of one or more nerves)

smart; smarting; smartness (a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore)

sting; stinging (a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung)

stitch (a sharp spasm of pain in the side resulting from running)

rawness; soreness; tenderness (a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched))

thermalgesia (pain caused by heat)

throb (a deep pulsating type of pain)

torment; torture (unbearable physical pain)

ulalgia (pain in the gums)

urodynia (pain during urination)

glossalgia; glossodynia (pain in the tongue)

agony; excruciation; suffering (a state of acute pain)

arthralgia (pain in a joint or joints)

burn; burning (pain that feels hot as if it were on fire)

causalgia (a burning pain in a limb along the course of a peripheral nerve; usually associated with skin changes)

colic; gripes; griping; intestinal colic (acute abdominal pain (especially in infants))

chest pain (pain in the chest)

chiralgia (a pain in the hand that is not traumatic)

distress (extreme physical pain)

dysmenorrhea (painful menstruation)

ache; aching (a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain)

growing pains (pain in muscles or joints sometimes experienced by children and often attributed to rapid growth)

keratalgia (pain in the cornea)

labor pain (pain and discomfort associated with contractions of the uterus during labor)

mastalgia (pain in the breast)

melagra (rheumatic or myalgic pains in the arms or legs)

meralgia (pain in the thigh)

metralgia (pain in the uterus)

myalgia; myodynia (pain in a muscle or group of muscles)

nephralgia (pain in the kidney (usually felt in the loins))

Derivation:

hurt (feel pain or be in pain)

hurt (feel physical pain)

hurt (be the source of pain)

 Context examples 

But Dummling begged so long that at last he said: “Just go then, you will get wiser by hurting yourself.”

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

I was afraid of hurting Mr. Micawber's feelings, or, at all events, Mrs. Micawber's, she being very sensitive; but I was uncomfortable about it, too, and often thought about it afterwards.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I am sure, rather than run the risk of hurting Mr. and Mrs. Cole, you would stay a little longer than you might wish.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

In an emergency situation, you already have something hurting you that needs immediate attention—in that case, seek the help you need—including surgery, quickly.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

“I would kill him for your sake!” I cried, trying to free my arm without hurting her.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Current Opioid Misuse Measure (COMM) In the past 30 days, how often have you seriously thought about hurting yourself?

(COMM - Seriously Thought of Hurting Self, NCI Thesaurus)

When you accused me of hurting her I lost my grip of myself.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I have seen the two Macs attempt something of the kind at the halls, but it appears to take some practise to do it without hurting oneself.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It's so simple you can eat it, and being soft, it will slip down without hurting your sore throat.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

The bees came and found no one but the Woodman to sting, so they flew at him and broke off all their stings against the tin, without hurting the Woodman at all.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)