What does hurtful mean in English? Meaning of hurtful definition and abbreviation with examples.
Meaning of "hurtful": causing hurt
Adjective
Meaning: causing hurtExample: her hurtful unconsidered wordsSynonyms: hurtfulSimilar: unkindMeaning of "hurtful": harmful to living things
Adjective
Meaning: harmful to living thingsExample: deleterious chemical additivesSynonyms: deleterious
hurtful
injuriousSimilar: harmfulAdjective: Tending to impair or damage; injurious; mischievous; occasioning loss or injury. 1649: John Milton, Eikonoklastes A good principle not rightly understood may prove as hurtful as a bad. 1890: George Henry Rohé, Text-book of hygiene Well-cultivated soils are often healthy; nor at present has it been proved that the use of manure is hurtful.1649: John Milton, Eikonoklastes A good principle not rightly understood may prove as hurtful as a bad.1890: George Henry Rohé, Text-book of hygiene Well-cultivated soils are often healthy; nor at present has it been proved that the use of manure is hurtful.Tending to hurt someone's feelings; insulting. 2000, Michael Paymar, Violent No More: Both men and women can be emotionally abusive. Even in the healthiest relationships, people occasionally reach down into their personal bags of known remembrances, past disagreements, and unresolved issues, and fling hurtful comments at their partners. 2006, Ryan Phillips, Fall from Grace: Better yet, maybe she should call and apologize for all of the rude comments she spewed in the midst of her anger—hurtful comments that should never be spoken between a wife and her husband.2000, Michael Paymar, Violent No More: Both men and women can be emotionally abusive. Even in the healthiest relationships, people occasionally reach down into their personal bags of known remembrances, past disagreements, and unresolved issues, and fling hurtful comments at their partners.2006, Ryan Phillips, Fall from Grace: Better yet, maybe she should call and apologize for all of the rude comments she spewed in the midst of her anger—hurtful comments that should never be spoken between a wife and her husband.Synonyms:
distressing, unkind, upsetting, dangerous, malicious, pernicious, harmful, prejudicial, detrimental, nasty, destructive, damaging, bad, cutting, deadly, deleterious, disadvantageous, evil, mean, mischievous, nocuous, noxious, ominous, poisonous, spiteful, aching, afflictive, hurting, wounding,
Antonyms:
friendly, kind, helpful, assisting, beneficial, harmless, safe, aiding, helping, nice, relieving,
