Past Tense of Hurt | Examples & Meaning
The simple past tense of hurt is “hurt” (e.g., “I slipped and hurt my knee”). The past participle of the verb “hurt” is also “hurt” (e.g., “Have you hurt your knee?).
| Simple past tense | Past participle |
|---|---|
| My hand hurt at first, but the pain went away after a couple of days. | I’ve hurt my hand and I can’t type. |
| She had a skiing accident and hurt herself quite badly. | She had a skiing accident and was hurt quite badly. |
Hurt past tense
“Hurt” is an irregular verb. The simple past tense and past participle form of hurt is also “hurt.”
| Grammatical form | Example in a sentence |
|---|---|
| Simple past tense | Maybe you hurt her feelings when you said that. |
| Present perfect tense | I’m sorry if I’ve hurt your feelings. |
| Past perfect tense | She said that you’d hurt her feelings. |
| Passive voice | Her feelings were hurt when you said that. |
| Modal verb + auxiliary verb “have” | I think I must have hurt her feelings. |
Is hurted a word?
The correct simple past tense and past participle form of the verb “hurt” is hurt, not hurted (e.g., “He hurt his yesterday,” “He’s hurt his leg”).
Other irregular verbs that have the same infinitive, past tense, and past participle forms include beat and cost.
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Frequently asked questions about the past tense of hurt
- What is the past participle of hurt?
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The past participle of hurt is “hurt” (e.g., “She can’t come because she’s hurt her foot”).
The simple past tense of hurt is also “hurt.”
The verbs beat and cost also have the same infinitive, past tense, and past participle forms.
QuillBot’s free Grammar Checker will help you to use irregular verbs like “hurt” correctly in your writing.
- What does hurt my feelings mean?
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If someone says “you have hurt my feelings,” it means that something you have said or done has made them feel unhappy (e.g., “It really hurt my feelings when you didn’t speak to me at the party”).
“Hurt” is the simple past tense of hurt and the past participle of “hurt.”
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- Is it hurted or hurt?
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The correct past tense of hurt is not hurted, it is hurt (e.g., “He fell and hurt his arm”).
The correct past participle of the verb “hurt” is also “hurt” (e.g., “He can’t come swimming because he’s hurt his arm”).
QuillBot’s free Grammar Checker can help you to avoid making mistakes with irregular verbs like “hurted” instead of “hurt.”
