Hurting

What it means

1. (verb) To be painful. “Does your leg still hurt? / It is starting to feel better.”
2. (verb) To cause (a creature) physical pain and/or injury. “If anybody hurts my little brother, I will get upset.”
3. (verb) To cause (somebody) emotional pain.
4. (verb) To undermine, impede, or damage. “This latest gaffe hurts the legislator’s reelection prospects still further.”
5. (noun) A sensation that hurts.

Letter analysis

• Hurting contains 7 letters: 2 vowel(s) and 5 consonant(s).
• It uses 7 unique letters.
• Estimated syllable count: 2.
• Scrabble-style letter score: 11.

Sub-words

• truing
• girth
• grunt
• night
• right
• ruing
• thing
• girt
• grin
• grit
• hing
• hint
• hung
• hunt
• hurt
• nigh
• ring
• ruin
• rung
• runt
• thin
• thru
• thug
• ting
• trig
• turn
• unit
• gin
• gnu
• gun
• gut
• hgt
• hit
• hug
• hut
• int
• nit
• nth
• nut
• rig
• rug
• run
• rut
• tin
• tug
• tun
• ugh
• urn

Related words

Other 7-letter words

• abalone
• abandon
• abashed
• abashes
• abasing
• abating
• abbrevs
• abdomen
• abducts
• abetted
• abetter
• abettor
• abiding
• ability
• abjured
• abjures
• abolish
• aborted

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Words starting with HUR

• hurdle
• hurdled
• hurdler
• hurdlers
• hurdles
• hurdling
• hurl
• hurled
• hurler
• hurlers
• hurling
• hurls
• hurrah
• hurrahed
• hurrahing
• hurrahs
• hurray
• hurrayed

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Words ending with ING

• abandoning
• abashing
• abasing
• abating
• abbreviating
• abdicating
• abducting
• abetting
• abhorring
• abiding
• abjuring
• abnegating
• abolishing
• abominating
• aborting
• abounding
• abrading
• abridging

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