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Hurt Passengers Badly Look/Expression Pride Showed Eyes Adjective

Word hurt
WordType (adjective)
Phonetic BrE / hɜːt / NAmE / hɜːrt /
Example
  • none of the passengers were badly hurt.
  • a hurt look/expression
  • she was deeply hurt that she had not been invited.
  • martha's hurt pride showed in her eyes.
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hurt

(adjective)BrE / hɜːt / NAmE / hɜːrt /
  1. injured physically
    • opposite unhurt
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/unhurt
    • None of the passengers were badly hurt.
  2. upset and offended by something that somebody has said or done
    • a hurt look/expression
    • She was deeply hurt that she had not been invited.
    • Martha's hurt pride showed in her eyes.

    Extra Examples

    • Steve didn’t look seriously hurt.
    • Stop that or you’ll get hurt!
    • Martha’s hurt pride showed in her eyes.
    • None of the passengers was badly hurt.
    • a hurt look/expression

    Word Origin

    • Middle English (originally in the senses ‘ to strike’ and ‘a blow’): from Old French hurter (verb), hurt (noun), perhaps ultimately of Germanic origin.
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