unhurt
Adjective 1. Not physically injured or harmed: In a state of being free from bodily damage, pain, or wounds after an event that could have caused injury. 2. Not emotionally or psychologically damaged: Free from negative emotional or mental effects following a distressing experience.
The adjective "unhurt" is used to describe a person, animal, or thing that has emerged from a potentially harmful situation without any physical or sometimes emotional injury. It is typically used after verbs like "was," "remained," "escaped," or "found." * It is often used in news reports, accident descriptions, and narratives. * It can be used predicatively (after a linking verb like "be") or attributively (before a noun, though this is less common).
Predicative Use:
- Miraculously, all the passengers were unhurt in the crash.
- The cat jumped from the high wall but landed unhurt.
- Despite the loud argument, she seemed emotionally unhurt.
Attributive Use:
- They searched for survivors and found one unhurt child in the back seat. (Less common, often rephrased as "a child who was unhurt")
- "escape unhurt": A common collocation meaning to avoid injury in a dangerous situation.
- The driver managed to escape unhurt from the burning vehicle.
- "relatively unhurt": Used to emphasize that any injuries are minor compared to what was possible or compared to others.
- He was hospitalized but is reported to be relatively unhurt.
- Unharmed (adjective): A very close synonym, often interchangeable with "unhurt," sometimes implying protection from a broader range of dangers.
- The ancient artifact was recovered unharmed.
- Unscathed (adjective): Similar to unhurt, but often used for more dramatic escapes from great danger, implying complete avoidance of harm.
- He walked away from the controversy politically unscathed.
- Injured (adjective): The direct antonym of "unhurt."
- Safe and sound: An idiomatic phrase that combines being unhurt ("sound") with being out of danger ("safe").
- Uninjured
- Unharmed
- Unscathed
- Intact
- Unscratched (informal)
- Hurt
- Injured
- Wounded
- Harmed
- Damaged
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free from danger or injury
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the children were found safe and sound
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not injured
