Definition of Hurting

1. Noun. A symptom of some physical hurt or disorder. "The patient developed severe pain and distension"


Definition of Hurting

1. Verb. (present participle of hurt) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hurting

1. hurt [v] - See also: hurt

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hurting

hurt locker
hurt someone's feelings
hurtable
hurted
hurter
hurters
hurtest
hurteth
hurtful
hurtfull
hurtfully
hurtfulness
hurtfulnesses
hurtier
hurtiest
hurting (current term)
hurtle
hurtleberries
hurtleberry
hurtled
hurtles
hurtless
hurtlessness
hurtling
hurtlingly
hurts
hurty
husband
husband-in-law
husband-wife privilege

Literary usage of Hurting

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1857)
"a, indicates at what place we may cut the leaf without hurting the plant ; the leaf being placed in the earth forms a callus at its base, 6, ..."

2. Lectures on the Principles and Practice of Physic Delivered at King's by Thomas Watson, David Francis Condie (1850)
"... for his strength made him altogether unmanageable, and his insane and extraordinary conduct was hurting the business of the house. ..."

3. A Sketch of the History of Attleborough: From Its Settlement to the Division by John Daggett, Amelia Daggett Shellfield (1894)
"Tills you cannot violate without an essential injury to yourselves. No man can hurt another without hurting himself at the same ..."

4. History of Civilization in England by Henry Thomas Buckle (1864)
"1 In every thing, His power was displayed, not y increasing the happiness of men, nor by adding to comforts, but by hurting and vexing them in all ways. ..."

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