Synonyms for hurtful
ˈhɜrt fəlhurt·ful

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1. hurtfuladjective

   Tending to impair or damage; injurious; mischievous; occasioning loss or injury.

   Synonyms:
   disadvantageous, mischievous, injurious, baneful, detrimental, prejudicial, harmful, pernicious, destructive, unwholesome, noxious

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1. hurtful

   Pernicious (Latin per, through, and neco, kill) signifies having the power of destroying or injuring, tending to hurt or kill. Pernicious is stronger than injurious; that which is injurious is capable of doing harm; that which is pernicious is likely to be destructive. Noxious (Latin noceo, hurt) is a stronger word than noisome, as referring to that which is injurious or destructive. Noisome now always denotes that which is extremely disagreeable or disgusting, especially to the sense of smell; as, the noisome stench proclaimed the presence of noxious gases.

   Synonyms:
   bad, baneful, deadly, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, evil, foul, harmful, injurious, insalubrious, mischievous, noisome, noxious, pernicious, perverting, pestiferous, pestilential, poisonous, ruinous, unhealthful, unwholesome

   Antonyms:
   advantageous, beneficent, beneficial, favorable, good, healthful, helpful, invigorating, life-giving, profitable, rejuvenating, salutary, serviceable, useful, wholesome

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1. hurtful

   Synonyms:
   mischievous, injurious, pernicious, baleful, deleterious, baneful, noxious, detrimental, prejudicial

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1. hurtfuladjective

   causing hurt

   "her hurtful unconsidered words"

   Synonyms:
   deleterious, injurious

   Antonyms:
   harmless, kind

2. deleterious, hurtful, injuriousadjective

   harmful to living things

   "deleterious chemical additives"

   Synonyms:
   deleterious, injurious

   Antonyms:
   kind, harmless

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1. hurtfuladjective

   Synonyms:
   injurious, detrimental, mischievous, pernicious, deleterious, noxious, baneful, prejudicial, disadvantageous, harmful, baleful

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1. hurtfuladjective

   Synonyms:
   injurious

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1. List of paraphrases for "hurtful":

   painful

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1. Elissa Cunane:

   This journey has been incredible and this team has done so much and accomplished so much, although this is hurtful right now, proud of all we’ve done this season. I couldn’t be more proud of the team.

2. Marlon Marshall:

   Governor LePage's comments tonight are not only offensive and hurtful but they try to cover up the very real epidemic of drug abuse facing people in his state and across the country, lePage's racist rants sadly distract from efforts to address one of our nation's most pressing problems.

3. Ilhan Omar:

   Instead of apologizing for her Islamophobic comments and fabricated lies, Rep. Boebert refused to publicly acknowledge her hurtful and dangerous comments. She instead doubled down on her rhetoric and I decided to end the unproductive call.

4. Jack Lyons:

   They insult Jack Lyons intelligence, they insult Jack Lyons ability, and most hurtful, they say that by not using these therapies Jack Lyons are intentionally trying to harm the people we've given everything to save.

5. Karen Bass:

   There is nothing worse than to not be believed and for your reality to be completely denied, that is beyond hurtful, and I'm not sure people understand the depths of the pain it causes when people say police officers have killed us without reason, and other people say that just didn't happen.