hurtingest

English

Adjective

hurtingest

1. (colloquial) superlative form of hurting: most hurting
   • 1981, Frederick Graham Trask, The Carolina Trasks: An Informal History, page 82:

     In the summer we all had boils — the hurtingest thing there ever was in this world.

   • 2005, Michael Weinberger, A Message from Jakie, page 150:

     I staggered to an opportune wall and continued to wail from the deepest, hurtingest, sweetest little abandoned place I could imagine. Finally, I dragged my weary body to my seat and finished my conversation with God.

Anagrams

• reshutting, shuttering