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hurtful

[ hurt-fuhl ]

/ ˈhɜrt fəl /

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adjective

causing hurt or injury; injurious; harmful.

Origin of hurtful

First recorded in 1520–30; hurt + -ful

SYNONYMS FOR hurtful

destructive, pernicious; noxious.

SEE SYNONYMS FOR hurtful ON THESAURUS.COM

OTHER WORDS FROM hurtful

hurt·ful·ly, adverb hurt·ful·ness, noun un·hurt·ful, adjective un·hurt·ful·ly, adverb

Words nearby hurtful

hurstmonceux, hurston, hurston, zora neale, hurt, hurter, hurtful, hurtle, hurtleberry, hurtless, hus, husain

Example sentences from the Web for hurtful

Some of it is completely silly and some of it is meant to be hurtful.

DJ Steve Aoki: To Cake or Not To Cake |Steve Aoki |August 8, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Twenty years after the phrase entered the American lexicon, “Soccer Mom” retains its power as hurtful speech.

Up To a Point: Oops, I Enjoyed Soccer |P. J. O’Rourke |July 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
They don't understand how hurtful it is to see my father dragged out of the wreckage...No one should see my father this way.

TMZ Makes Tragedy Porn Out of Tracy Morgan’s Gruesome Car Accident |Dean Obeidallah |June 12, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
“Amendment 1” seems to protect bullying on social media and insensitive and hurtful speech as well.

P.J. O’Rourke: Who Really Actually Wants This Bill of Rights? |P. J. O’Rourke |April 12, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Jakes is not alone in believing that your family must stay your family no matter how hurtful or dysfunctional they may be.

Should You Divorce Your Family After the Holidays? |Keli Goff |January 2, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
We believe in abstinence from all injurious practices, and from the use of all hurtful things.

Gospel Doctrine |Joseph F. Smith
A different conduct seems to me what is not only improper and unbecoming, but what may be hurtful to us.

The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Volume 3 |Various
When something was said of the hurtful doctrine of doubt, he said to Esrom: "Your sainted wife did not speak so."

The Life of Philip Melanchthon |Karl Friedrich Ledderhose
"All other knowledge is hurtful to him who has not the science of honesty and goodness," says Montaigne.

Birds and Poets |John Burroughs
This inequality is, upon the whole, perhaps rather advantageous than hurtful to the public.

An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations |Adam Smith

British Dictionary definitions for hurtful

hurtful

/ (ˈhɜːtfʊl) /

adjective

causing distress or injury to say hurtful things

Derived forms of hurtful

hurtfully, adverb hurtfulness, noun