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Synonyms for hurtful
ˈhɜrt fəlhurt·ful
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Wiktionary
hurtfuladjective
Tending to impair or damage; injurious; mischievous; occasioning loss or injury.
Synonyms:
disadvantageous, mischievous, injurious, baneful, detrimental, prejudicial, harmful, pernicious, destructive, unwholesome, noxious
English Synonyms and Antonyms
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, unwholesomeAntonyms:
advantageous, beneficent, beneficial, favorable, good, healthful, helpful, invigorating, life-giving, profitable, rejuvenating, salutary, serviceable, useful, wholesome
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
hurtful
Synonyms:
mischievous, injurious, pernicious, baleful, deleterious, baneful, noxious, detrimental, prejudicial
Princeton's WordNet
hurtfuladjective
causing hurt
"her hurtful unconsidered words"
Synonyms:
deleterious, injuriousdeleterious, hurtful, injuriousadjective
harmful to living things
"deleterious chemical additives"
Synonyms:
deleterious, injurious
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
hurtfuladjective
Synonyms:
injurious, detrimental, mischievous, pernicious, deleterious, noxious, baneful, prejudicial, disadvantageous, harmful, baleful
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
hurtfuladjective
Synonyms:
injurious
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "hurtful":
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#841 | bad | |
#3009 | evil | |
#9200 | deadly | |
#9372 | painful | |
#9672 | harmful | |
#9718 | foul | |
#13351 | destructive | |
#20371 | detrimental | |
#24683 | poisonous | |
#31651 | noxious | |
#41054 | prejudicial | |
#42095 | injurious | |
#42256 | mischievous | |
#43999 | deleterious | |
#48711 | pernicious | |
#54344 | hurtful | |
#84995 | ruinous | |
#96594 | disadvantageous | |
#101921 | unwholesome | |
#114245 | baleful | |
#132519 | baneful | |
#177128 | perverting | |
#196741 | unhealthful | |
#227568 | noisome | |
#264537 | pestilential |
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The whole purpose of this campaign is to open people’s eyes and let them see what these words mean and how hurtful they can be.
In my past, I said and believed things that were wrong, and worse, they were very hurtful to people in the LGBTQ community and to their loved ones.
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.
I believe there’s no such thing as a conflict that can’t be ended. They’re created and sustained by human beings. They can be ended by human beings. No matter how ancient the conflict, no matter how hateful, no matter how hurtful, peace can prevail.
This was not a case of he-said, she-said. There was hard evidence. There were witnesses, i fought so hard to get the justice to have him put away for what he did. To have that ripped away after finally getting it is so hurtful and crushing and it just questions my belief in the justice system.
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