causes physical or emotional pain; feels bad or unpleasant.
From Old English 'hyrtan' and Old Saxon 'hurten,' possibly related to Old Norse 'hyrtr' meaning 'knocked' or 'shaken.' The word originally meant physical injury but expanded to include emotional pain.
Fascinatingly, emotional pain and physical pain light up the same areas of your brain, which is why we use the same word 'hurts' for a scraped knee and a broken heart—the word reflects something true about neuroscience.
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