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单词 hurtful
释义

hurtful

adjective

hurt·​ful ˈhərt-fəl How to pronounce hurtful (audio)
: causing injury, detriment, or suffering : damaging
hurtfully
ˈhərt-fə-lē How to pronounce hurtful (audio)
adverb
hurtfulness noun

Synonyms

  • adverse
  • bad
  • baleful
  • baneful
  • damaging
  • dangerous
  • deleterious
  • detrimental
  • evil
  • harmful
  • ill
  • injurious
  • mischievous
  • nocuous
  • noxious
  • pernicious
  • prejudicial
  • wicked
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Example Sentences

She can't forgive him for the hurtful things he said. Their comments were really hurtful to me.
Recent Examples on the Web Depending on how healthy your relationship is, this seems more a curious choice than a deliberately hurtful one. Amy Dickinson, cleveland, 5 Aug. 2022 Depending on how healthy your relationship is, this seems more a curious choice than a deliberately hurtful one. Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2022 Depending on how healthy your relationship is, this seems more a curious choice than a deliberately hurtful one. Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 5 Aug. 2022 Depending on how healthy your relationship is, this seems more a curious choice than a deliberately hurtful one. Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 5 Aug. 2022 The most hurtful pushback, however, can be the kind that impugns their motivations, that views their climate action as a lack of faith in God’s sovereignty and control over creation. Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2021 Though the issue between the duchesses was resolved, the most hurtful part of the situation, according to Meghan, was how the media reacted by reversing the blame. Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Mar. 2021 And then, as fireworks boomed and car horns blared across Merseyside on Saturday evening, came what may be the most hurtful shift of all. New York Times, 20 Feb. 2021 Her lie is profound and hurtful; don’t tempt her to embellish further or to put her own spin on these long-ago events. Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 19 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1526, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

hurtful

adjective

hurt·​ful ˈhərt-fəl How to pronounce hurtful (audio)
: causing injury or suffering
hurtful gossip

hurtful

adjective

1
as in harmful
causing or capable of causing harm the most hurtful thing you can do to this silk dress is put it in the dryer

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • harmful
  • damaging
  • detrimental
  • dangerous
  • adverse
  • bad
  • injurious
  • pernicious
  • prejudicial
  • poisonous
  • hazardous
  • deleterious
  • evil
  • wicked
  • noxious
  • baneful
  • mischievous
  • destructive
  • infectious
  • hostile
  • ill
  • nocuous
  • venomous
  • baleful
  • deadly
  • unsafe
  • unfriendly
  • threatening
  • insidious
  • risky
  • sinister
  • lethal
  • infective
  • inimical
  • ominous
  • unhealthy
  • menacing
  • pestiferous
  • perilous
  • unwholesome
  • contagious
  • unhealthful
  • fatal
  • pestilential
  • pestilent
  • malignant
  • nasty
  • ruinous
  • unsound
  • noisome
  • jeopardizing
  • imperiling
  • killer
  • parlous
  • imperilling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • harmless
  • beneficial
  • innocuous
  • benign
  • innocent
  • useful
  • safe
  • inoffensive
  • advantageous
  • anodyne
  • helpful
  • favorable
  • good
  • salutary
  • healthful
  • healthy
  • wholesome
  • propitious
  • hurtless
  • remedial
  • curative
  • sound
  • salubrious
  • palliative
  • secure
  • nonpoisonous
  • benignant
  • nondestructive
  • nontoxic
  • nonlethal
  • nonfatal
  • noninfectious
  • noncorrosive
  • nonpolluting
  • nonvenomous
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2
as in painful
hard to accept or bear especially emotionally her ex-husband said hurtful things that she could never forgive

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • painful
  • cruel
  • harsh
  • horrible
  • bitter
  • torturous
  • unacceptable
  • terrible
  • grievous
  • awful
  • agonizing
  • excruciating
  • harrowing
  • severe
  • tormenting
  • unbearable
  • vile
  • dreadful
  • bad
  • intolerable
  • galling
  • afflicting
  • appalling
  • miserable
  • heartrending
  • nasty
  • insufferable
  • dire
  • unsupportable
  • ghastly
  • extreme
  • intense
  • insupportable
  • unendurable
  • wretched
  • acute
  • piercing
  • rotten

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • gratifying
  • sweet
  • pleasing
  • tolerable
  • bearable
  • sustainable
  • endurable
  • acceptable
  • survivable
  • supportable
  • reasonable
  • allowable
  • livable
  • sufferable
  • liveable
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