Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Hurt \Hurt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hurt}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Hurting}.] [OE. hurten, hirten, horten, herten; prob. fr.
   OF. hurter, heurter, to knock, thrust, strike, F. heurter;
   cf. W. hyrddu to push, drive, assault, hwrdd a stroke, blow,
   push; also, a ram, the orig. sense of the verb thus perhaps
   being, to butt as a ram; cf. D. horten to push, strike, MHG.
   hurten, both prob. fr. Old French.]
   1. To cause physical pain to; to do bodily harm to; to wound
      or bruise painfully.

            The hurt lion groans within his den.  --Dryden.

   2. To impar the value, usefulness, beauty, or pleasure of; to
      damage; to injure; to harm.

            Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt. --Milton.

   3. To wound the feelings of; to cause mental pain to; to
      offend in honor or self-respect; to annoy; to grieve. ``I
      am angry and hurt.'' --Thackeray.

Source : WordNet®

hurting
     n : a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder; "the patient
         developed severe pain and distension" [syn: {pain}]