Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hurting

/hˈɝtɪŋ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.11 in modern English

Syllables
hurt-ing
IPA
/hˈɝtɪŋ/
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of hurt

noun

A sensation that hurts.

adj

Feeling or causing pain.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

hurtings (plural) more hurting (comparative) most hurting (superlative)

Derived Forms

unhurting

Phrases

bone hurting juice

Synonyms

pain

Rhymes With

converting flirting asserting inserting diverting alerting disconcerting reverting exerting skirting squirting subverting

Questions

How do you pronounce hurting?
The recorded pronunciation is /hˈɝtɪŋ/.
What does hurting mean?
present participle and gerund of hurt

How to pronounce hurting

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