Sad vs. Hurt — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Sad and Hurt
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Sad
Feeling or showing sorrow; unhappy
They looked at her with sad, anxious faces
I was sad and subdued
Hurt
Cause pain or injury to
Does acupuncture hurt?
Ow! You're hurting me!
Sad
Pathetically inadequate or unfashionable
The show is tongue-in-cheek—anyone who takes it seriously is a bit sad
Hurt
Be detrimental to
High interest rates are hurting the local economy
Sad
(of dough) heavy through having failed to rise.
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Hurt
Have a pressing need for
Frank wasn't hurting for money
Sad
Showing, expressing, or feeling sorrow or unhappiness
A sad face.
Hurt
Physically injured
Dogs and cats with hurt paws
He complained of a hurt leg and asked his trainer to stop the fight
Sad
Causing sorrow or gloom; depressing
A sad movie.
Sad news.
Hurt
Physical injury; harm
Rolling properly into a fall minimizes hurt
Sad
Deplorable or inadequate; sorry
A sad state of affairs.
A sad excuse.
Hurt
To cause physical damage or pain to (an individual or a body part); injure
The fall hurt his back.
Sad
Dark-hued; somber.
Hurt
To experience injury or pain to or in (an individual or a body part)
I hurt my knee skiing.
Sad
(heading) Emotionally negative.
Hurt
To cause mental or emotional suffering to; distress
The remark hurt his feelings.
Sad
Feeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful.
She gets sad when he's away.
Hurt
To cause physical damage to (something); harm
The frost hurt the orange crop.
Sad
Appearing sorrowful.
The puppy had a sad little face.
Hurt
To be detrimental to; hinder or impair
The scandal hurt the candidate's chances for victory.
Sad
Causing sorrow; lamentable.
It's a sad fact that most rapes go unreported.
Hurt
To have or produce a feeling of physical pain or discomfort
My leg hurts.
Sad
Poor in quality, bad; shameful, deplorable; later, regrettable, poor.
That's the saddest-looking pickup truck I've ever seen.
Hurt
To cause distress or damage
Parental neglect hurts.
Sad
Of colours: dark, deep; later, sombre, dull.
Hurt
To have an adverse effect
“It never hurt to have a friend at court” (Tom Clancy).
Sad
(obsolete) Sated, having had one's fill; satisfied, weary.
Hurt
(Informal) To experience distress, especially of a financial kind; be in need
“Even in a business that's hurting there's always a guy who can make a buck” (New York).
Sad
(obsolete) Steadfast, valiant.
Hurt
Something that hurts; a pain, injury, or wound.
Sad
(obsolete) Dignified, serious, grave.
Hurt
Mental suffering; anguish
Getting over the hurt of reading the letter.
Sad
(obsolete) Naughty; troublesome; wicked.
Hurt
A wrong; harm
What hurt have you done to them?.
Sad
(slang) Unfashionable; socially inadequate or undesirable.
I can't believe you use drugs; you're so sad!
Hurt
To cause (a person or animal) physical pain and/or injury.
If anybody hurts my little brother, I will get upset.
This injection might hurt a little.
Sad
(dialect) Soggy (to refer to pastries).
Hurt
To cause (somebody) emotional pain.
He was deeply hurt he hadn’t been invited.
The insult hurt.
Sad
(obsolete) Heavy; weighty; ponderous; close; hard.
Hurt
To be painful.
Does your leg still hurt? / It is starting to feel better.
Sad
To make melancholy; to sadden or grieve (someone).
Hurt
To damage, harm, impair, undermine, impede.
This latest gaffe hurts the legislator’s reelection prospects still further.
Copying and pasting identical portions of source code hurts maintainability, because the programmer has to keep all those copies synchronized.
Every little hurts.
Sad
Sated; satisfied; weary; tired.
Yet of that art they can not waxen sad,For unto them it is a bitter sweet.
Hurt
Wounded, physically injured.
Sad
Heavy; weighty; ponderous; close; hard.
His hand, more sad than lump of lead.
Chalky lands are naturally cold and sad.
Hurt
Pained.
Sad
Dull; grave; dark; somber; - said of colors.
Woad, or wade, is used by the dyers to lay the foundation of all sad colors.
Hurt
An emotional or psychological humiliation or bad experience.
How to overcome old hurts of the past
Sad
Serious; grave; sober; steadfast; not light or frivolous.
Lady Catharine, a sad and religious woman.
Which treaty was wisely handled by sad and discrete counsel of both parties.
Hurt
(archaic) A bodily injury causing pain; a wound or bruise.
Sad
Affected with grief or unhappiness; cast down with affliction; downcast; gloomy; mournful.
First were we sad, fearing you would not come;Now sadder, that you come so unprovided.
The angelic guards ascended, mute and sad.
Hurt
(archaic) Injury; damage; detriment; harm
Sad
Afflictive; calamitous; causing sorrow; as, a sad accident; a sad misfortune.
Hurt
(engineering) A band on a trip hammer's helve, bearing the trunnions.
Sad
Hence, bad; naughty; troublesome; wicked.
Hurt
A husk.
Sad
To make sorrowful; to sadden.
How it sadded the minister's spirits!
Hurt
(heraldry) A roundel azure (blue circular spot).
Sad
Seasonal affective disorder.
Hurt
A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions.
Sad
Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness;
Feeling sad because his dog had died
Better by far that you should forget and smile / Than that you should remember and be sad
Hurt
To cause physical pain to; to do bodily harm to; to wound or bruise painfully.
The hurt lion groans within his den.
Sad
Of things that make you feel sad;
Sad news
She doesn't like sad movies
It was a very sad story
When I am dead, my dearest, / Sing no sad songs for me
Hurt
To impar the value, usefulness, beauty, or pleasure of; to damage; to injure; to harm.
Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt.
Sad
Bad; unfortunate;
My finances were in a deplorable state
A lamentable decision
Her clothes were in sad shape
A sorry state of affairs
Hurt
To wound the feelings of; to cause mental pain to; to offend in honor or self-respect; to annoy; to grieve.
Hurt
Any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
Hurt
Psychological suffering;
The death of his wife caused him great distress
Hurt
Feelings of mental or physical pain
Hurt
A damage or loss
Hurt
The act of damaging something or someone
Hurt
Be the source of pain
Hurt
Give trouble or pain to;
This exercise will hurt your back
Hurt
Cause emotional anguish or make miserable;
It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school
Hurt
Cause damage or affect negatively;
Our business was hurt by the new competition
Hurt
Hurt the feelings of;
She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests
This remark really bruised me ego
Hurt
Feel physical pain;
Were you hurting after the accident?
Hurt
Feel pain or be in pain
Hurt
Suffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battle;
Nursing his wounded arm
Ambulances...for the hurt men and women
Hurt
Used of inanimate objects or their value
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