hurtful

Meaning

  1. Tending to impair or damage; injurious; occasioning loss or injury.
  2. Tending to hurt someone's feelings; insulting; lacerating.

Synonyms

injurious
36k
harmful
C2
noxious
38k
mischievous
C2
deleterious
bad
A1
👎
disadvantageous
malign
42k
painful
B2
maleficent
47k
prejudicial
34k
sore
B2
grievous
20k
troublesome
C2
unkind
C2
detrimental
32k
evil-minded
mean
A1
dismal
22k
displeasing
distressing
20k
evil
A2
exacting
37k
formidable
C2
hard
A1
heavy
B1
hurting
B2
inimical
injuring
36k
insulting
C1
invidious
libelous
malefic
malevolent
32k
miserable
B2
abusive
C2
nasty
B1
naughty
B2
noisome
obnoxious
C2
offending
21k
offensive
C1
out-of-the-way
pernicious
39k
regretful
37k
sacrilegious
39k
saddening
shabby
C2
spiteful
24k
tough
A2
Translations

schädlich
perjudicial
nocivo
nocivo
nadelig
délétère
blessant
doloroso
nuisible

βλαβερός

injurieux
préjudiciable
garce
👧
défavorable
nachteilig
Frequency

C2
Etymology

From hurt + -ful.

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