injure implies the inflicting of anything detrimental to one's looks, comfort, health, or success.
badly injured in an accident
harm often stresses the inflicting of pain, suffering, or loss.
careful not to harm the animals
hurt implies inflicting a wound to the body or to the feelings.
hurt by their callous remarks
damage suggests injury that lowers value or impairs usefulness.
a table damaged in shipping
impair suggests a making less complete or efficient by deterioration or diminution.
years of smoking had impaired his health
mar applies to injury that spoils perfection (as of a surface) or causes disfigurement.
the text is marred by many typos
Example Sentences
Verb Be careful with that knife or you could hurt yourself. Ouch! You're hurting my arm! She was badly hurt in a car accident. My tooth still hurts me. When I woke up this morning I hurt all over. Their lack of interest in her work hurt her deeply. You're only hurting yourself by holding a grudge against them. It hurt me to see her go. The lack of rain has hurt the corn crop. If we lose this game it will seriously hurt our chances of making the play-offs. Noun Her sympathy eased the hurt he felt after his dog's death. They felt a great hurt after their bitter divorce. She tried to put past hurts behind her. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
In Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 11 died and 85 were hurt.Fox News, 9 Sep. 2022 One person died and several others were hurt when a tractor-trailer and an RV collided in Fauquier County, officials said. Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2022 The fire was contained and nobody was hurt, Diaz said, but five families including eight adults and five kids were displaced. Jeff Weiner, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2022 Hernández, who was hurt for a large chunk of the season, came into the day hitting just .219. Julian Mcwilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2022 Lance started two games last season when Garoppolo was hurt but has spent the entire lead-up to this season as the starter and is looking forward to a real game instead of practices and exhibitions. Josh Dubow, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2022 Crews haven’t been able to identify where exactly the fire is located or how long it’s been burning, or if anyone has been hurt. Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Sep. 2022 The problem was Anthony Davis not being there and LeBron James being hurt most of the year.Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2022 No one was hurt, no shots were fired, and the game continued uninterrupted, Lynch said.The Courier-Journal, 3 Sep. 2022
Noun
Brown, now 71, fueled the what-if-Colt-didn’t-get-hurt talk as recently as a 2019 interview with Stadium after being hired as the coach at North Carolina. Michael Casagrande | Mcasagrande@al.com, al, 8 Sep. 2022 This is fitting: the stories specialize in intimate hurt, the kind that passes between those who might have a reason for solidarity. Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2022 People who tend toward anxious attachment, however, have a harder time trusting that those risks won’t end in hurt. Marisa G. Franco, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2022 Marie [Betsy Brandt] makes an appearance, putting a face on the hurt that Saul caused in the Breaking Bad era. Dan Snierson, EW.com, 16 Aug. 2022 Moving on from a past hurt might be this day's main challenge.Chicago Tribune, 30 July 2022 Family dynamics are complicated, but at the center of it is a hurt. Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2022 Is your Achilles' heel the hurt that comes with rejection? Jelena Kecmanovic, CNN, 12 July 2022 Plays like Jurickson Profar rushing in to trim time and distance off freddie Freeman’s liner to left and gun down Betts at the plate in the fourth helped, as much as rookie Jose Azocar being cut down at home in the third hurt. Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Verb and Noun
Middle English, probably from Anglo-French hurter to strike, prick, collide with, probably of Germanic origin; akin to Old Norse hrūtr male sheep