Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hurting"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hurt \Hurt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hurt}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Hurting}.] [OE. hurten, hirten, horten, herten; prob. fr.
OF. hurter, heurter, to knock, thrust, strike, F. heurter;
cf. W. hyrddu to push, drive, assault, hwrdd a stroke, blow,
push; also, a ram, the orig. sense of the verb thus perhaps
being, to butt as a ram; cf. D. horten to push, strike, MHG.
hurten, both prob. fr. Old French.]
1. To cause physical pain to; to do bodily harm to; to wound
or bruise painfully.
The hurt lion groans within his den. --Dryden.
2. To impar the value, usefulness, beauty, or pleasure of; to
damage; to injure; to harm.
Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt. --Milton.
3. To wound the feelings of; to cause mental pain to; to
offend in honor or self-respect; to annoy; to grieve. ``I
am angry and hurt.'' --Thackeray.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hurting
n : a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder; "the patient
developed severe pain and distension" [syn: {pain}]
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