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Definitions for Hurter

[1] to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
[2] to cause bodily pain to or in: The wound still hurts him.
[3] to damage or decrease the efficiency of (a material object) by striking, rough use, improper care, etc.: Moths can't hurt this suit because it's mothproof. Dirty oil can hurt a car's engine.
[4] to affect adversely; harm: to hurt one's reputation; It wouldn't hurt the lawn if you watered it more often.
[5] to cause mental pain to; offend or grieve: She hurt his feelings by not asking him to the party.
[6] to feel or suffer bodily or mental pain or distress: My back still hurts.
[7] to cause bodily or mental pain or distress: The blow to his pride hurt most.
[8] to cause injury, damage, or harm.
[9] to suffer want or need.
[10] a blow that inflicts a wound; bodily injury or the cause of such injury.
[11] injury, damage, or harm.
[12] the cause of mental pain or offense, as an insult.
[13] Heraldry . a rounded azure.
[14] physically injured: The hurt child was taken to the hospital.
[15] offended; unfavorably affected: hurt pride.
[16] suggesting that one has been offended or is suffering in mind: Take that hurt look off your face!
[17] damaged: hurt merchandise.
[18] an object or part that gives protection, such as a concrete block that protects a building from traffic or the shoulder of an axle against which the hub strikes
[19] to cause physical pain to (someone or something)
[20] to cause emotional pain or distress to (someone)
[21] to produce a painful sensation in (someone) the bruise hurts
[22] (intr) informal to feel pain
[23] physical, moral, or mental pain or suffering
[24] a wound, cut, or sore
[25] damage or injury; harm
[26] injured or pained physically or emotionally a hurt knee ; a hurt look
[27] Southern English dialect another name for whortleberry

Words nearby Hurter

hurthursinghar, hurst, hurstmonceux, hurston, hurston, zora neale, hurt, hurter, hurtful, hurtle, hurtleberry, hurtless

Origin of Hurter

1150–1200; (v.) Middle English hurten, hirten, herten to injure, damage, stumble, knock together, apparently < Old French hurter to knock (against), oppose (compare French heurter, orig. dial.), probably a verbal derivative of Frankish *hûrt ram, cognate with Old Norse hrūtr; (noun) Middle English < Old French, derivative of the v.

Other words from Hurter

hurt·a·ble , adjective
hurt·er , noun
un·hurt , adjective
un·hurt·ing , adjective

Word origin for Hurter

C12 hurten to hit, from Old French hurter to knock against, probably of Germanic origin; compare Old Norse hrūtr ram, Middle High German hurt a collision