English Explanatory Dictionary

hurtful

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Tending to impair or damage; injurious; occasioning loss or injury.
  2. Tending to hurt someone's feelings; insulting; lacerating.

Pronunciation

/ˈhɜːtfʊl/ /ˈhɜːtfəl/ /ˈhɜɹtfʊl/ /ˈhɜɹtfəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hurtful.wav

Word forms

hurtful more hurtful most hurtful hurtfull

Etymology

From hurt + -ful.

Synonyms

pernicious harmful damaging deleterious detrimental hurtful inimical injurious mischievous nocent nocuous noxious noisome prejudicial scathand scathel sullen venom

Related words

hurt hurtfully hurtfulness

Derived words

unhurtful
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