The glaring light is hurtful to the eyes.
Source: tatoeba (50200)
Hurtful
//ˈhɜːtfʊl//
Synonyms for "hurtful" (110 found)
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Closest matches (22)
Strong matches (33)
Related words (55)
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2 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
1 entriesderived from
2 entriesrelated to
10 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
30 translations across 14 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- βλαπτικός adj (tending to impair or damage)
Bulgarian
2 entries- вреден adj (tending to impair or damage)
- обиден adj (tending to hurt someone's feelings)
Finnish
4 entries- ilkeä adj (tending to hurt someone's feelings)
- loukkaava adj (tending to hurt someone's feelings)
- pahansuopa adj (tending to hurt someone's feelings)
- pahantahtoinen adj (tending to hurt someone's feelings)
French
1 entries- blessant adj (tending to hurt someone's feelings)
Hungarian
4 entries- bántó adj (tending to hurt someone's feelings)
- káros adj (tending to impair or damage)
- sértő adj (tending to hurt someone's feelings)
- ártalmas adj (tending to impair or damage)
Latin
1 entries- noxius adj (tending to impair or damage)
Māori
2 entries- hākiki adj (tending to hurt someone's feelings)
- whakamamae adj (tending to impair or damage)
Norman
1 entries- bliessant adj (tending to hurt someone's feelings)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- schätlich adj (tending to impair or damage)
Polish
1 entries- krzywdzący adj (tending to hurt someone's feelings)
Romanian
2 entries- dăunător adj (tending to impair or damage)
- jignitor adj (tending to hurt someone's feelings)
Russian
3 entries- вредный adj (tending to impair or damage)
- обидный adj (tending to hurt someone's feelings)
- пагубный adj (tending to impair or damage)
Sanskrit
1 entries- हिंस्र adj (tending to impair or damage)
Spanish
4 entries- heridor adj (tending to impair or damage)
- heridor adj (tending to hurt someone's feelings)
- hiriente adj (tending to impair or damage)
- hiriente adj (tending to hurt someone's feelings)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Sentences bring context to the words. Sentences have personalities. They can be funny, smart, silly, insightful, touching, hurtful.
Source: tatoeba (704135)
There are people which have been given to taste only poison, to which any surprise is a hurtful one and any acquaintance becomes a new torture opportunity.
Source: tatoeba (1980258)
That was very hurtful.
Source: tatoeba (3724738)
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