/ Thesaurus / H Synonyms of hurting Find synonyms for: Noun1. pain, hurting, symptomusage: a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder; "the patient developed severe pain and distension"Verb1. ache, smart, hurt, cause to be perceivedusage: be the source of pain2. hurt, indisposeusage: give trouble or pain to; "This exercise will hurt your back"3. pain, anguish, hurt, upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfitusage: cause emotional anguish or make miserable; "It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school"4. hurt, injure, damageusage: cause damage or affect negatively; "Our business was hurt by the new competition"5. hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite, arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provokeusage: hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego"6. hurt, ache, suffer, perceive, comprehendusage: feel physical pain; "Were you hurting after the accident?"7. suffer, hurt, beusage: feel pain or be in painWordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: inutiae Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language