kwetsen — meaning in English

English meaning

• burn noun An injury to skin or tissue caused by heat, fire, chemicals, or radiation.
• hurt verb To cause physical pain or injury.
• injure verb To physically hurt a person or animal.
• jolt verb To shake or push something abruptly and roughly.
• lesion noun An area of damaged or diseased tissue, such as a wound, sore, or abnormal patch on the skin or an organ.
• offend verb To hurt someone's feelings or upset them, often unintentionally.
• pain noun An unpleasant physical sensation caused by injury or illness.
• wound noun An injury where the skin is cut, pierced, or torn.

Senses

kwetsen is used for these senses in English:

• burn (transitive) To consume, damage, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat; to affect as fire or heat does.
• hurt (transitive, intransitive) To cause (a person or animal) physical pain and/or injury.
• hurt (transitive, intransitive) To cause (somebody) emotional pain.
• injure (transitive) To wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.
• jolt (transitive) To shock emotionally.
• lesion (transitive) To wound or injure, especially in an experiment or other controlled procedure.
• offend (transitive) To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult.
• offend (transitive) To transgress or violate a law or moral requirement.

burn — full definition

1. noun An injury to skin or tissue caused by heat, fire, chemicals, or radiation.
2. noun A sharp, cutting insult, especially one delivered wittily.
3. verb To be damaged, destroyed, or consumed by fire.
4. verb To injure with heat, fire, or a caustic substance.
5. verb To copy data onto a CD, DVD, or similar disc.

hurt — full definition

1. verb To cause physical pain or injury.
2. verb To cause emotional pain or distress.
3. verb To damage or have a negative effect on something.
4. adj Injured, either physically or emotionally.
5. noun Physical injury or emotional pain.

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