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hurtful

[hurt-fuhl]

adjective

  1. causing hurt or injury; injurious; harmful.

    Synonyms: , ,


hurtful

/ ˈɜːٴʊ /

adjective

  1. causing distress or injury

    to say hurtful things

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • hurtfully adverb
  • hurtfulness noun
  • unhurtful adjective
  • unhurtfully adverb
  • ˈܰٴڳܱԱ noun
  • ˈܰٴڳܱ adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hurtful1

First recorded in 1520–30; hurt + -ful
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The T-shirt dispute asked the Supreme Court to decide whether school officials may limit the free expression of some students to protect others from messages they may see as offensive or hurtful.

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She challenged Nike in 2023 after the kit supplier failed to produce any replica England goalkeeper shirts ahead of that year's World Cup, an incident she described as "hugely hurtful."

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It was a flush and hurtful punch which he later followed with a clubbing right before Garcia regained his senses.

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Ms Amess told BBC News NI's Good Morning Ulster programme that the band's alleged comments were deeply upsetting and hurtful to her and her family.

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“Just saying out loud some of the things that were hurtful about childhood, the pain goes away and you realize everybody has stuff,” she said.

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