'Hurtful' definitions:
Definition of 'hurtful'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Causing hurt; "her hurtful unconsidered words"
adjective
Harmful to living things; "deleterious chemical additives" [syn: deleterious, hurtful, injurious]
Definition of 'Hurtful'
From: GCIDE
- Hurtful \Hurt"ful\, a. Tending to impair or damage; injurious; mischievous; occasioning loss or injury; as, hurtful words or conduct.
- Syn: Pernicious; harmful; baneful; prejudicial; detrimental; disadvantageous; mischievous; injurious; noxious; unwholesome; destructive. -- {Hurt"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Hurt"ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'hurtful'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acute,
- afflictive,
- agonizing,
- atrocious,
- baleful,
- baneful,
- biting,
- corroding,
- corrosive,
- corrupting,
- corruptive,
- counterproductive,
- cramping,
- cruel,
- cutting,
- damaging,
- deadly,
- deleterious,
- destructive,
- detrimental,
- disadvantageous,
- disserviceable,
- distressing,
- excruciating,
- gnawing,
- grave,
- griping,
- hard,
- harmful,
- harrowing,
- harsh,
- hurting,
- injurious,
- lethal,
- malefic,
- malevolent,
- malicious,
- malign,
- malignant,
- mean,
- mischievous,
- nasty,
- noisome,
- noxious,
- ominous,
- painful,
- paroxysmal,
- pernicious,
- piercing,
- poignant,
- poisonous,
- prejudicial,
- pungent,
- racking,
- scatheful,
- severe,
- sharp,
- shooting,
- spasmatic,
- spasmic,
- spasmodic,
- spiteful,
- stabbing,
- stinging,
- tormenting,
- torturous,
- toxic,
- unkind,
- venenate,
- veneniferous,
- venenous,
- venomous,
- vicious,
- virulent,
- wounding