- present participle of hurt.
hurting
- aching adj.
- achy adj.
- dejected adj.
- depressed adj.
- desolate adj.
- disconsolate adj.
- grief-stricken adj.
- hurtful adj.
- impoverished adj.
- lamentable adj.
- melancholic adj.
- miserable adj.
- nagging adj.
- opprobrious adj.
- painful adj.
- sad adj.
- smarting adj.
- somber adj.
- sore adj.
- sorrowful adj.
- tristful adj.
- unhappy adj.
- woebegone adj.
- wretched adj.
- adversity n.
- anguish n.
- craving n.
- heartache n.
- misery n.
Example Sentences
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Inside we're hurting but it doesn't mean we all have to shout and scream and come out and create some chaos.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
"We look through the garbage so we can eat without stealing or hurting anyone," said Manuel Sanchez Angeira, 50, who has mouth cancer.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
“It’s important to recognize that people work in fits and starts. It’s like starting an exercise program. You start running, and six weeks in, something starts hurting and you have to stop for a while.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
Minutes later, 8-year-old Carter Olsen hobbled in with his worried mother after hurting his arm in a fall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
She made her peace with the slightly looser vibe among all the girls on the team, because she saw that it wasn’t hurting us.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
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