Hurting and Praise

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Hurting adjective - Causing or feeling bodily pain.

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Praise is an antonym for hurting in topics: cause mental pain, experience pain.

Nearby Words: hurt, hurtful

Praise verb - To proclaim the glory of.

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Hurting is an antonym for praise.

Nearby Words: praised, praising

An episode of Friends begins with the cast discussing who's going to say what about Joey's new show without hurting his feelings (they pass around the Damned by Faint Praise standbys like "the lighting was good.") Phoebe doesn't have to say a word — she just presses him against her chest.

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