Hurt
Hurt verb - To feel or cause physical pain.
Support
Support verb - To provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end.
Usage example: sent reinforcements to support the troops deployed overseas
How words are described
| emotional | emotional hurt | emotional support |
| good | good hurt | good support |
| better | better hurt | better support |
| considerable | considerable hurt | considerable support |
| Other adjectives: strong, real, massive, little, personal, major, further, extra, ranged. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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On a similar note, the anti-gay protests by the Westboro Baptist Church have actually hurt the church more than anything else as of late, and gained sympathy and support for the LGBT community.
Source: No Such Thing as Bad Publicity -
The most famous of whom is the God Emperor of Mankind, which suggests that Horus must have hurt him badly if he's been on life-support for the past ten millennia.
Source: Resurrective Immortality -
McKinley was unconcerned because he couldn't imagine that anyone would actually want to hurt him (then again, he was also famous for proclaiming that the people should support the government and that the government should not support the people).
Source: Useful Notes / William McKinley
Cite this Source
Support and Hurt. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hurt/support
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Support or Hurt. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/hurt/support.
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