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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
Editors Contribution
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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":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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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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Sin is not hurtful because it is forbidden, but it is forbidden because it's hurtful.
It was really hurtful, cause I felt like my size made me look disgusting towards someone in the clothes that I wear, i wear leggings outside of school and I wear leggings when I go and hang out with my friends, and to think that someone would think that I look like a stuffed sausage — that was kind of hurtful.
From the perspective of bullying prevention, the most serious aspect of this tweet, and also many other comments by Mr. Trump that have denigrated women, those with disabilities, Muslims, Latinos, and anyone who disagrees with him, is that he is modeling the kinds of hurtful comments that we are working so hard to encourage young people to avoid, when people in leadership positions model this kind of hurtful language, many young people will conclude that this is acceptable behavior.
I think it's very hurtful to the fans, very, very hurtful, we've had the fingers, we've had the toes. When are we ever going to see the baby?
People you care about leaving you with hurtful goodbyes are more likely to be a means to an end, but not the end themselves.
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