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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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hurtful | American Dictionary. adjective [ not gradable ] us / ˈhɜrt·fəl / Add to word list. causing emotional pain: a hurtful remark. (Definition of hurtful from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
The meaning of HURTFUL is causing injury, detriment, or suffering : damaging. How to use hurtful in a sentence.
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. Saddening, shocking and upsetting. affecting. agonizingly. arrogance. baleful. be cold comfort idiom.
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.
adjective. causing hurt. “her hurtful unconsidered words”. synonyms: unkind. lacking kindness. adjective. harmful to living things. synonyms: deleterious, injurious.
Definition of hurtful adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.