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HURTING

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A symptom of some physical hurt or disorder

Example:

the patient developed severe pain and distension

Synonyms:

hurting; pain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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"):

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

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)

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

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)

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

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)

glossalgia; glossodynia (pain in the tongue)

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)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb hurt

Credits

 Context examples: 

Patient Health Questionnaire - 9 (PHQ-9) Thoughts that you would be better off dead or of hurting yourself in some way.

(PHQ-9 - Thoughts That You Would be Better Off Dead, NCI Thesaurus)

The next he knew, he was dimly aware that his tongue was hurting and that he was being jolted along in some kind of a conveyance.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

It was Grey Beaver's will that he should go ashore, for ashore he was flung, striking heavily on his side and hurting his bruises afresh.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

I answered in few words, but to no purpose, and made a sign with my hand that was loose, putting it to the other (but over his excellency’s head for fear of hurting him or his train) and then to my own head and body, to signify that I desired my liberty.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

I ought probably to have done or said nothing; but I was so tortured by a sense of remorse at thus hurting his feelings, I could not control the wish to drop balm where I had wounded.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

It was a strange thing that the patient had humour enough to see their distrust, for, coming close to me, he said in a whisper, all the while looking furtively at them:—They think I could hurt you! Fancy me hurting you! The fools!

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

It was in moments like this that she felt to the uttermost the greatness of her love for Martin, for it was almost a swoon of delight to her to feel his strong arms about her, holding her tightly, hurting her with the grip of their fervor.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

I've gone blindly on, hurting myself and other people, for the sake of money.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

There was a playfulness about her nips and a gentleness that prevented them from really hurting him.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

He lay down to rest on the other side of the open, near the edge of the bushes, his tongue lolling out, his chest heaving and panting, his nose still hurting him and causing him to continue his whimper.

(White Fang, by Jack London)