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hurt

/hɝt/ noun C2
  1. An emotional or psychological humiliation or bad experience. (countable, uncountable) · how to overcome old hurts of the past
  2. A band on a trip hammer's helve, bearing the trunnions. (countable, uncountable)
  3. A husk. (countable, uncountable)

Plural hurts

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Alice was not a bit hurt, and she jumped up on to her feet in a moment: she looked up, but it was all dark overhead; before her was another long passage, and the White Rabbit was still in sight, hurrying down it.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 4 · B2
“Oh, I beg your pardon!” cried Alice hastily, afraid that she had hurt the poor animal’s feelings.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 13 · B2
The Duchess took no notice of them even when they hit her; and the baby was howling so much already, that it was quite impossible to say whether the blows hurt it or not.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 42 · B2
It hurt awfully, Joe.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 6 · C1

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