butthurt
adjective
butt·hurt
ˈbət-ˌhərt
variants
or less commonly butt-hurt
or butt hurt
informal
: having or showing unjustified or excessive anger, offense, distress, or resentment
The frontman owes the crowd an apology for getting butthurt over something so innocent.—Caleb Dennis
… men get so butthurt when their girlfriends are funnier than they are …—Erin Gloria Ryan
… a butthurt response over something that wasn't even an insult …—@CactusCracktus, on Reddit
Scads of peoples are so butt-hurt that the entire cast wasn't nominated for an Oscar.—Mark Tullis
broadly
: having or showing hurt feelings
"And at first I was sad. Because I thought you, like, replaced me with Daniel, or something. So I was kind of butthurt." —Via Bleidner
butthurt
noun
or less commonly butt-hurt
Wow! The amount of childish butthurt over this is hilarious.
—Dillard Logsdon, quoted in The News-Enterprise (Elizabethtown, Kentucky)
Wall Street is full of butthurt that wireless telecom companies caved to consumer pressures and reintroduced 'unlimited' data plans …
—Dominic Gwinn
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“Butthurt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/butthurt. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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