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- Dictionaryhurtful/ˈhəːtf(ʊ)l/
adjective
- 1. causing distress to someone's feelings: "his hurtful remarks" Similar Opposite
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adjective. uk / ˈhɜːt.f ə l / us / ˈhɝːt.f ə l / Add to word list. causing emotional pain: That was a very hurtful remark! How can you be so hurtful? Compare. injurious formal. deleterious formal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Saddening, shocking and upsetting. affecting. agonizingly. arrogance. baleful. be cold comfort idiom.
: causing injury, detriment, or suffering : damaging. hurtfully. ˈhərt-fə-lē. adverb. hurtfulness noun. Synonyms. adverse. bad. baleful. baneful. damaging. dangerous. deleterious. detrimental. evil. harmful. ill. injurious. mischievous. nocuous. noxious. pernicious. prejudicial. wicked. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus.
HURTFUL | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary. Meaning of hurtful in English. hurtful. adjective. us / ˈhɝːt.f ə l / uk / ˈhɜːt.f ə l / Add to word list. causing emotional pain: That was a very hurtful remark! How can you be so hurtful? Compare. injurious formal. deleterious formal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
Synonyms for HURTFUL: harmful, detrimental, damaging, dangerous, adverse, bad, injurious, hazardous; Antonyms of HURTFUL: harmless, benign, beneficial, innocuous, innocent, useful, safe, inoffensive.
Definition of hurtful adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Hurtful definition: causing hurt or injury; injurious; harmful.. See examples of HURTFUL used in a sentence.
If you say that someone's comments or actions are hurtful, you mean that they are unkind and upsetting.
Hurtful behaviour or remarks make someone feel upset: hurtful comments / remarks (Definition of hurtful from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
hurtful meaning, definition, what is hurtful: making you feel very upset or offended: Learn more.
adjective. causing hurt. “her hurtful unconsidered words”. synonyms: unkind. lacking kindness. adjective. harmful to living things. synonyms: deleterious, injurious.
