Synonyms and Antonyms of hurt
1
to feel or cause physical pain
- a bad sprain that really hurts
bite, bleed, burn, chafe, cramp, fester, itch, nag, pinch, pound, rack, sting, swell, throb, tingle, twinge
agonize, anguish, suffer
afflict, harrow, torment, torture
2
to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of
- don't worry that you'll hurt the new lawn by walking across it
blemish, bloody, break, compromise, crab, cripple, cross (up), damage, deface, disfigure, endamage, flaw, harm, impair, injure, mar, spoil, vitiate
deteriorate, enervate, enfeeble, undermine, weaken
erode, scour, wash out, wear (away)
blight, tarnish
dent, ding, dint
botch, gum (up), queer
lacerate, wound
disable, hamstring, lame, maim, mangle, mutilate, torment, torture
annihilate, bang up, bash, batter, clobber, crush, dash, decimate, demolish, desolate, destroy, devastate, do in, pulverize, raze, ruin, scourge, shatter, smash, tear down, total, waste, wipe out, wreck
cure, heal, help, rectify, rehabilitate, remedy
edit, remodel, revise
ameliorate, better, enhance, enrich, improve, meliorate, perfect, refine
3
to cause bodily damage to
- the common belief that reading in poor light hurts your eyes
batter, bloody, blow out, bruise, contuse, cut, gash, gore, lacerate, scald, scar, scathe, strain, tear
crease, graze, nick
cripple, hamstring, lame, maim, mangle, mutilate
abuse, aggrieve, afflict, maltreat, torment, torture
lay up
blemish, impair, mar, scrape, spoil
