hurtful Antonyms
Strongest:
- inoffensive
- useful
- good
- harmless
- favorable
- beneficial
- good
- helpful
- advantageous
- safe
- advantageous
- innocent
- harmless
- benign
- innocent
- favorable
- beneficial
- inoffensive
- useful
- innocuous
- innocuous
- safe
- helpful
- benign
Strong:
- palliative
- remedial
- remedial
- anodyne
- propitious
- wholesome
- wholesome
- salutary
- anodyne
- healthful
- secure
- secure
- sound
- propitious
- curative
- salubrious
- curative
- hurtless
- salubrious
- healthful
- healthy
- hurtless
- healthy
- sound
- palliative
- salutary
Weak:
Strongest:
Strong:
- nocuous
- baneful
- ill
- prejudicial
- poisonous
- evil
- infectious
- deleterious
- pernicious
- wicked
- noxious
- hostile
- destructive
- injurious
- mischievous
- bad
- hazardous
- baleful
Weak:
Meaning of hurtful
hurtful (s)
causing hurt
harmful to living things
hurtful (a.)
Tending to impair or damage; injurious; mischievous; occasioning loss or injury; as, hurtful words or conduct.
hurtful Sentence Examples
- The hurtful words pierced my heart like a thousand tiny daggers.
- Their harsh criticism was deeply hurtful and left me feeling wounded.
- I couldn't bear to hear their hurtful accusations any longer.
- The hurtful rumor spread like wildfire, casting a shadow over my reputation.
- Her hurtful insults made me doubt myself and my abilities.
- I was hurtfully reminded of my past mistakes, causing me to spiral into despair.
- The hurtful betrayal left me feeling shattered and alone.
- Their hurtful actions shattered the trust we had built over the years.
- I couldn't shake off the hurtful memories that haunted me.
- The hurtful experience taught me to be more cautious and protective of my own feelings.
FAQs About the word hurtful
causing hurt, harmful to living thingsTending to impair or damage; injurious; mischievous; occasioning loss or injury; as, hurtful words or conduct.
harmful, dangerous, detrimental, damaging, adverse, nocuous, baneful, ill, prejudicial, poisonous
inoffensive, useful, good,harmless, favorable, beneficial, good, helpful, advantageous, safe
The hurtful words pierced my heart like a thousand tiny daggers.
Their harsh criticism was deeply hurtful and left me feeling wounded.
I couldn't bear to hear their hurtful accusations any longer.
The hurtful rumor spread like wildfire, casting a shadow over my reputation.
