pijnigen — meaning in English

English meaning

• hurt verb To cause physical pain or injury.
• offend verb To hurt someone's feelings or upset them, often unintentionally.
• torment noun Severe physical or mental suffering.

Senses

pijnigen is used for these senses in English:

• hurt (transitive, intransitive) To cause (a person or animal) physical pain and/or injury.
• offend (obsolete, transitive, archaic, biblical) To cause to stumble; to cause to sin or to fall.
• torment (transitive) To cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.)

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.

offend — full definition

1. verb To hurt someone's feelings or upset them, often unintentionally.
2. verb To break a law or moral rule.

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