'Hurtfulness' definitions:
Definition of 'Hurtfulness'
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]