listening, audition, perceiving, earshot, attention, heed, awareness, comprehension, understanding, reception, sense, detection, monitoring, overhearing, eavesdropping, auscultation, auditory percepti... [more]
injure - wound - damage - harm - bruise - ache - pain - distress - afflict - torment - agonize - lacerate - maim - mutilate - impair - break - crush - shatter - strain - sprain - tear - cut - graze - scrape - scar - scald - burn - sting - smart - twinge - throb - suffer - ail - sicken - weaken - disable - cripple - paralyze - devastate - traumatize - offend - insult - upset - bother - trouble - disturb - annoy - irritate - vex
The term 'hurt' refers to experiencing physical or emotional pain or damage. It can describe a feeling of bodily soreness or injury, such as a cut or bruise, as well as the emotional distress that may come from, for example, a loss or negative experience. Hurt can vary in intensity from minor discomfort to severe agony.