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DictionaryhurtPhysical pain or injury
verb / adjective / noun

hurt

HURT/hɜːrt/

Painful harm done to a living body.

A woman hurts her toe when it strikes a table leg.

A woman accidentally strikes her bare toe against the leg of a low table, visibly recoiling in pain.
Etymology
hurtOld Frenchram, strike, collide with

Old French hurter supplies the image of striking or colliding, connecting hurt with the injury a blow can cause. English already used the word for bodily injury and damage to feelings or reputation in its earliest records.

In context

Dr. Phil0:53
In this video, the women were actually giving birth. It hurt me. It hurt me bad. I do not want to put a girl through that kind of pain.
Oversexed and Unprotected -- Dr. Phil

More examples

  • My knee hurts whenever I climb stairs.
  • Two players are hurt and cannot finish the game.
  • He rubs his elbow until the hurt goes away.

Forms

hurt · hurts · hurting

Similar words

injure
Means causing bodily damage, not simply making something feel painful.
wound
Usually means damaging flesh, especially by cutting or piercing.
ache
Means feeling a steady, often dull physical pain.