| Main Entry: | hurt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | injury; damage |
Synonyms: |
ache, black and blue, blow, boo-boo, bruise, chop, detriment, disadvantage, disaster, discomfort, disservice, distress, down, gash, harm, ill, ill-treatment, loss, mark, mischief, misfortune, nick, ouch, outrage, pain, pang, persecution, prejudice, ruin, scratch, sore, soreness, suffering, wound, wrong |
Antonyms: |
aid, assist, cure, healing, help, remedy |
| Main Entry: | hurt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause physical pain; experience pain |
Synonyms: |
abuse, ache, afflict, ail, be sore, be tender, belt, bite, blemish, bruise, burn, cramp, cut, cut up, damage, disable, do violence, flail, flog, harm, impair, injure, kick, lacerate, lash, maltreat, mar, maul, mess up, nip, pierce, pinch, pommel, prick, pummel, punch, puncture, punish, rough up, shake up, slap, slug, smart, spank, spoil, squeeze, stab, sting, tear, throb, torment, torture, total, trouble, wax, whack, whip, wing, wound, wrack up, wring |
Antonyms: |
aid, assist, assuage, cure, heal, help, relieve, remedy, soothe |
| Main Entry: | hurt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause mental pain |
Synonyms: |
abuse, afflict, aggrieve, annoy, burn, chafe, constrain, cut to the quick, discomfit, discommode, displease, distress, excruciate, faze, give no quarter, go for jugular, grieve, hit where one lives, injure, lambaste, lay a bad trip on, lean on, martyr, martyrize, prejudice, punish, put down, put out, sadden, sting*, thumb nose at, torment, torture, try, upset, vex, vitiate, work over, wound, zing |
Antonyms: |
calm, placate, please, relieve, soothe |
| Main Entry: | abuse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical hurting, injuring |
Synonyms: |
crime, damage, defilement, harm, hurt, impairment, injury, malevolence, maltreatment, manhandling, misdeed, offense, pollution, violation, wrongdoing |
| Notes: | abuse carries with it some sense of harm; misuse refers to an incorrect use that may not lead to harm to misuse is to use something wrongly, to abuse is to misuse something so badly that you damage it |
Antonyms: |
aid, help, preservation, respect |
| Main Entry: | ache |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sore feeling; dull pain |
Synonyms: |
anguish, hurt, misery, pang, pounding, smarting, soreness, spasm, suffering, throb, throbbing, throe, twinge |
Antonyms: |
comfort, ease, health, relief |
| Main Entry: | ache |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | feeling soreness or dull pain, often physical |
Synonyms: |
be sore, hurt, pain, pound, smart, suffer, throb, twinge |
| Main Entry: | agonize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | suffer or cause another to suffer |
Synonyms: |
afflict, bleed, carry on, crucify, distress, disturb, eat heart out, excruciate, harrow, hurt, labor, lament, martyr, pain, rack, sing the blues, squirm, stew over, strain, strive, struggle, take it badly, torment, torture, try, wince, worry, writhe |
Antonyms: |
not worry |
| Main Entry: | attack |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assault physically |
Synonyms: |
advance, aggress, ambush, assail, assault, bash, bat, bean, beat, beset, besiege, biff, blast, blister, boff, bombard, boot, bop, brain*, bust, charge, chop down, clip, clock, club, combat, cook*, harm, hit, hurt, infiltrate, invade, jump, kick, knock block off, knock cold, knock for a loop, larrup, lay siege to, light into, molest, mug, overwhelm, pounce upon, punch, raid, rush, set upon, slog, soak, stab, storm, strike, take the offensive, turn on, wallop, whop |
Antonyms: |
aid, defend, protect, resist, retreat, shelter, shield, submit, support, surrender, sustain |
| Main Entry: | batter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | strike and damage |
Synonyms: |
assault, bash, beat, break, bruise, buffet, clobber, contuse, cripple, crush, dash, deface, demolish, destroy, disable, disfigure, drub, hurt, injure, lacerate, lambaste, lame, lash, mangle, mar, maul, mutilate, pelt, pommel, pound, pummel, punish, ruin, shatter, smash, thrash, wallop, wreck |
| Main Entry: | blemish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flaw, disfigure |
Synonyms: |
blot, blotch, blur, damage, deface, distort, harm, hurt, impair, injure, maim, mangle, mar, mark, mutilate, pervert, prejudice, scar, smudge, spoil, spot, stain, sully, taint, tarnish, twist, vitiate, wrench |
Antonyms: |
adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, ornament |