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View synonyms for hurtful

hurtful

[ hurt-fuhl ]

adjective

  1. causing hurt or injury; injurious; harmful.

    Synonyms: noxious, pernicious, destructive



hurtful

/ ˈhɜːtfʊl /

adjective

  1. causing distress or injury

    to say hurtful things

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈhurtfulness, noun
  • ˈhurtfully, adverb
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Other Words From

  • hurtful·ly adverb
  • hurtful·ness noun
  • un·hurtful adjective
  • un·hurtful·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hurtful1

First recorded in 1520–30; hurt + -ful
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Example Sentences

“I could not have imagined anything more hurtful,” she writes.

From Salon

"It's been hurtful - insulting - to just feel like your work is so devalued, and by people who I'm quite certain have like zero concept of what we do at all," Ms Thompson added.

From BBC

“No, I do not hate you. I think that you hate me because you wouldn’t speak to me on ‘Girl Meets World,’ and that was hurtful,” Ward responded.

From Salon

Shirley’s family castigated the filmmakers for excluding them, saying the movie’s portrayal of Shirley as estranged from his family and the Black community was “hurtful.”

“If you’re going to go through and say there is not going to be any more of this type of research, that is going to be very hurtful.”

From Salon

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