hurtfulnessn.
/ˈhəːtfəlnɪs/ The quality of being hurtful, injuriousness.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [noun] > quality
loathnessc1175
grievousness1303
malicea1382
noyfulnessa1398
mischievousness1567
harmfulnessa1586
balefulness1590
illnessc1595
hurt1608
hurtfulness1611
mischief1646
noxiousness1655
deleteriousness1758
maleficence1796
vice1837
bale-fire1855
disutility1879
nocuousness1894
disvalue1925
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Mauvaistié,..shrewdnesse, curstnesse, hurtfulnesse.
1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. xi. Pref. 407 The hurtfulnesse of thunder.
1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism Apol. 6 Sensible of the vanity and hurtfulness of filling the world with too many Books.
1870–4 R. Anderson Hist. Missions Amer. Board IV. 260 The folly and hurtfulness of the proposal.
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