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hurt sb's feelings
Definition
B1 to upset someone by criticizing them or by refusing something that they have offered youMaking people sad, shocked and upset
(Definition of hurt sb's feelings from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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hurry (sb/sth) up phrasal verb
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hurry noun
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hurry verb
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hurt adjective
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hurt noun
- hurt sb's feelings idiom
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hurt verb
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hurtful adjective
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hurtle verb
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husband noun
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husband verb
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SMART Thesaurus: Making people sad, shocked and upset
Synonyms and related words:
- aback adverb
- amiss adjective
- appal verb
- be laughing on the other side of your face idiom
- bother verb (WORRY)
- gnaw verb (FEEL WORRIED)
- go/fall to pieces idiom
- grieve verb
- haunt verb (REPEATEDLY TROUBLE)
- hit/touch a (raw) nerve idiom
- horrify verb
- offend verb (UPSET)
- offense noun
- shake sb up phrasal verb
- shocker noun
- sorrow verb
- sting verb (HURT)
- take sb aback phrasal verb
- tear sb apart phrasal verb
- toxic adjective (UNPLEASANT)
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