Synonyms for hurtful
ˈhɜrt fəl

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1. hurtful(adj)

   causing hurt

   "her hurtful unconsidered words"

   Synonyms:
   deleterious, injurious

   Antonyms:
   harmless, kind

2. deleterious, hurtful, injurious(adj)

   harmful to living things

   "deleterious chemical additives"

   Synonyms:
   deleterious, injurious

   Antonyms:
   kind, harmless

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1. hurtful(adjective)

   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. hurtful(a.)

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

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1. hurtful(a)

   Synonyms:
   injurious

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1. List of paraphrases:

   painful

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How to use hurtful in a sentence?

1. Julie Johnson:

   Bills like this are hurtful. They cause pain. And Julie Johnson can't allow religion to be a cover for discrimination.

2. John Lewis:

   President Trump’s attendance and his hurtful policies are an insult to the people portrayed in this civil rights museum.

3. Harry Vincent:

   I did not know that word was such a hurtful word, i do regret that one because I do realize that could have caused harm to some people.

4. Hamid Khan:

   It's hurtful to think that those who are seeking the highest offices in the land are ignoring the basic tenets of the Constitution and suddenly concluding that Muslims have a predisposition for violence, it feels like we're a punching bag.

5. Tammy Duckworth:

   Comparing abhorrent wait times to a trip to Disneyland is unbelievably tone-deaf and hurtful to American heroes desperately in need of care.

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