High rent fuels hurt (9)

I believe the answer is:

resentful

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'hurt' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'high rent fuels' is the wordplay.
'high' indicates anagramming the letters (can mean drunk or on drugs and hence disordered).
'rent'+'fuels'='rentfuels'
'rentfuels' with letters rearranged gives 'RESENTFUL'.

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(Other definitions for resentful that I've seen before include "Aggrieved" , "Feeling badly treated" , "Feeling bitterness" , "Feeling indignation" , "Bitter" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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