hurtful
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2.9
- adjective
- /ˈhɜrtfəl/
:
perjudicial
- His words were hurtful and made her feel inadequate.
- very hurtful
- hurtful to a child
They're dangerous, they're hurtful, and they work to destroy what nature has taken millions of years to create.
- They're dangerous, they're hurtful, and they work to destroy what nature has taken millions of years to create.
- Not distractions, but potential crashes, potential hurtful situation, so on and so forth coming their way.
- Not distractions, but potential crashes, potential hurtful situations, so on and so forth come in their way.
Examples
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Sometimes mentors have their own ideas and ways that can be helpful or hurtful, so make sure your mentor "gets" you and what you are trying to accomplish and achieve.
Blog text (13) -
Sex can be hurtful not only because of infectious diseases but also because it leaves us vulnerable and more likely to cling to people who don't love us, mourn those who leave us, and not know how to escape those who need us but whom we don't love.
Blog text (14) -
An apology means that they see that they did or said a bad thing or a hurtful thing.
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For anyone who wants to avoid hurting children, adultery is incredibly hurtful to them.
Blog text (19) -
Maybe we could figure out therapies and treatments that are less toxic, less hurtful, things like that.
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A day prior, the rapper accused select hip-hop artists of releasing hurtful music to the youth.
Blog text (15) -
Indeed, I've explained how hurtful it could be to our program and to the future of Walden School if you are permitted to invite students to carry tales of others' behavior to you.
Fiction book (1994) -
That's understandable, but what I've gathered from the post (and is echoed by my own experiences as well, on both sides of the divide) is that not only is this usually not helpful, it can oftentimes actually be hurtful.
Blog text (26) -
The hurtful comments about her appearance affected her self-esteem.
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Spreading rumors can be hurtful and damage someone's reputation.
Synonyms
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1.0
Likely to cause harm or injury
737
1.0
Making someone feel physical hurt or strong emotional upset
522
2.7
Willing to cause pain or suffering to others
243
4.2
Causing great damage or harm
224
5.1
Causing very great damage or sadness
222
5.2
Deliberately cruel and likely to hurt someone
161
2.6
Causing damage to people, animals or things
132
5.1
Causing physical or mental harm to someone by cruel treatment
89
5.8
Wanting to hurt someone or damage their good name
80
3.1
Likely to cause harm to a person or to their things
49
6.3
Causing harm to people, things, or the environment
9
8.5
Harmful to people, animals, or plants
8
7.0
Can harm people, animals, or plants
2
6.3
Causing strong emotional pain and making you feel upset
1
9.1
Causing great harm or serious damage
Causing long-lasting physical or emotional harm
Causing emotional pain or hurt
Causing serious wounds or harm to people in medical situations
How Harmful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Hurtful comes from hurt ('to cause pain') plus -ful ('full of'), similar to the word harmful. So something hurtful to living things is 'full of causing harm', which is why it can damage people, animals, or plants.