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Dictionary: hurt·ful   (hûrt'fəl) pronunciation
adj.
Causing injury or suffering; damaging.

hurtfully hurt'ful·ly adv.
hurtfulness hurt'ful·ness n.

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Thesaurus: hurtful
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adjective

  1. Marked by, causing, or experiencing physical pain: aching, achy, afflictive, nagging, painful, smarting, sore. See pain/pleasure.
  2. Causing harm or injury: bad, deleterious, detrimental, evil, harmful, ill, injurious, mischievous. See help/harm/harmless.

Antonyms: hurtful
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adj

Definition: injurious, cruel
Antonyms: aiding, assisting, comforting, harmless, helpful, helping, kind, nice, pleasant, relieving


WordNet: hurtful
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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: causing hurt

Meaning #2: harmful to living things
  Synonyms: deleterious, injurious


Translations: Hurtful
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - sårende, krænkende, skadelig

Nederlands (Dutch)
kwetsend, grievend, pijnlijk, schadelijk

Français (French)
adj. - blessant, cruel

Deutsch (German)
adj. - verletzend

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - βλαβερός, επιβλαβής, επιζήμιος

Italiano (Italian)
che fa soffrire, nocivo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - prejudicial

Русский (Russian)
вредный, оскорбительный, обидный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - dañoso, perjudicial, nocivo, hiriente

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - sårande

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
造成损害的, 伤害的, 有害的, 伤感情的, 使人痛苦的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 造成損害的, 傷害的, 有害的, 傷感情的, 使人痛苦的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 부상한, 파손된, 유해한

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 傷付ける

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مؤذ, ضار, موجع, مؤلم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מזיק, פוגע‬


 
 
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