how to pronounce hurt

/hɜːt/

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hurt is pronounced in one syllable

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ɜː

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An example use of hurt in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… he was going to get hurt and rightly so …”

meaning of hurt

Hurt means to cause physical pain or injury to someone or something.

hurt frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word hurt occurs in english on average 45.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.