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Hurtful

//ˈhɜːtfʊl// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Tending to impair or damage; injurious; occasioning loss or injury.

    "A good principle not rightly understood may prove as hurtful as a bad."

  2. 2
    Tending to hurt someone's feelings; insulting; lacerating.

    "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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    harmful to living things wordnet
  2. 2
    causing hurt wordnet

Etymology

From hurt + -ful.

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