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hurting
adjective as in aching
adjective as in dejected
adjective as in depressed
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adjective as in desolate
adjective as in disconsolate
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adjective as in grief-stricken
adjective as in hurtful
adjective as in impoverished
adjective as in lamentable
adjective as in melancholic
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- bummed out
- cast down
- crestfallen
- crummy
- dejected
- desolate
- despondent
- destroyed
- disconsolate
- dispirited
- down and out
- down in the dumps
- down in the mouth
- downhearted
- dragged
- dull
- dysphoric
- fed up
- glum
- grim
- heavy-hearted
- in a blue funk
- in pain
- in the dumps
- in the pits
- in the toilet
- let down
- low-spirited
- morose
- on a downer
- pessimistic
- ripped
- sad
- sob story
- spiritless
- taken down
- torn-up
- tristful
- unhappy
- woebegone
adjective as in miserable
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- afflicted
- agonized
- ailing
- anguished
- brokenhearted
- crestfallen
- dejected
- depressed
- desolate
- despairing
- despondent
- destroyed
- disconsolate
- discontented
- distressed
- doleful
- dolorous
- down
- down in the mouth
- downcast
- forlorn
- heartbroken
- hopeless
- hurt
- ill
- in pain
- injured
- melancholy
- mournful
- not happy
- on a downer
- pained
- pitiable
- racked
- rueful
- ruthful
- sick
- sickly
- sorrowful
- strained
- suffering
- tormented
- tortured
- troubled
- woebegone
- wounded
adjective as in nagging
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adjective as in opprobrious
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- abasing
- calumniatory
- contemptuous
- contumelious
- damaging
- debasing
- defamatory
- defaming
- denigrating
- depreciative
- derogative
- despicable
- despiteful
- detractive
- disgracing
- dishonoring
- disparaging
- humiliating
- injuring
- injurious
- insolent
- insulting
- invective
- libeling
- malevolent
- malign
- malignant
- maligning
- notorious
- offending
- offensive
- pejorative
- reproaching
- reviling
- scandalous
- scurrilous
- shaming
- spiteful
- truculent
- vile
- vitriolic
- vituperative
- vulgar
adjective as in painful
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adjective as in sad
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adjective as in smarting
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adjective as in somber
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adjective as in sore
adjective as in sorrowful
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adjective as in tristful
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- bad
- blue
- bummed out
- cast down
- crestfallen
- crummy
- dejected
- desolate
- despondent
- destroyed
- disconsolate
- dispirited
- down
- down and out
- down in the dumps
- down in the mouth
- downcast
- downhearted
- dragged
- dull
- dysphoric
- fed up
- gloomy
- glum
- grim
- heavy-hearted
- in a blue funk
- in pain
- in the dumps
- in the pits
- in the toilet
- let down
- low
- low-down
- low-spirited
- lugubrious
- melancholic
- melancholy
- moody
- morose
- on a downer
- pessimistic
- ripped
- sad
- spiritless
- taken down
- torn-up
- unhappy
- weeping
- wistful
- woebegone
adjective as in unhappy
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- bleak
- blue
- bummed out
- chapfallen
- cheerless
- crestfallen
- dejected
- destroyed
- disconsolate
- discouraged
- dismal
- dispirited
- distressed
- doleful
- down
- down and out
- down in the mouth
- downbeat
- downcast
- downhearted
- dragged
- dreary
- forlorn
- gloomy
- grim
- heavy-hearted
- in a blue funk
- in pain
- in the dumps
- let-down
- long-faced
- low
- melancholy
- mirthless
- mournful
- saddened
- sorrowful
- teary
adjective as in woebegone
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adjective as in wretched
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noun as in adversity
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noun as in anguish
noun as in craving
noun as in heartache
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noun as in misery
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Example Sentences
His critics say he is undermining, in historic ways, the government and labor-union infrastructure established to protect workers — and therefore hurting individual workers.
At least one officer who was there during the riot said he and others were there to keep the peace and prevent both sides from hurting each other.
Esther, 14, and Angel, 10, were hurting, too.
Maybe we’d be less obsessed with hurting each other if we stopped punishing ourselves first.
“There are too many people right now that are hurting that could use that money in much better ways,” Sinay said.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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