hurty
English
Pronunciation
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ti
Etymology 1
Adjective
hurty (comparative hurtier, superlative hurtiest)
- (informal, often childish) Causing hurt; painful.
- Synonyms: aching, sore; see also Thesaurus:painful
- 2024 January 23, Pauline McLean, quoting Janey Godley, BBC News[1], archived from the original on 5 February 2024:
- If people are scared of hurty words, don’t come and see comedy. It’s not as if I’m shouting it through your letterbox.
- 2025 September 2, Helen Bushby, quoting Kemi Badenoch, BBC News[2], archived from the original on 6 September 2025:
- It's time this government told the police their job is to protect the public, not monitor social media for hurty words.
Related terms
Etymology 2
From hurt (“blue spot”) + -y.
Adjective
hurty (not comparable)
See also
| metals | main colours | less common colours | ||||||||
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| tincture | or | argent | gules | azure | sable | vert | purpure | tenné | orange | sanguine |
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| roundel (in parentheses: semé): | bezant (bezanty) |
plate (platy) |
torteau (tortelly) |
hurt (hurty) |
pellet (pellety), ogress |
pomme (pommy) |
golpe (golpy) |
orange (semé of oranges) |
guze (semé of guzes) | |
| goutte (noun) / gutty (adjective) thereof: | (goutte / gutty) d'or (of gold) |
d'eau (of water) |
de sang (of blood) |
de larmes (of tears) |
de poix (of pitch) |
d'huile / d'olive (olive oil) |
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| tincture | fountain, syke: barry wavy argent–azure | ermine | ermines, counter-ermine | erminois | pean | vair | counter-vair | potent | counter-potent | bleu celeste, brunâtre, carnation, cendrée (iron, steel, acier), copper, murrey |
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