hurtful Synonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- baneful
- poisonous
- nocuous
- hostile
- ill
- mischievous
- noxious
- bad
- injurious
- destructive
- evil
- pernicious
- prejudicial
- wicked
- deleterious
- hazardous
- infectious
- baleful
Weak:
Strongest:
- benign
- favorable
- harmless
- useful
- useful
- advantageous
- inoffensive
- helpful
- innocent
- beneficial
- good
- helpful
- innocent
- safe
- innocuous
- innocuous
- benign
- advantageous
- harmless
- good
- inoffensive
- favorable
- safe
- beneficial
Strong:
- anodyne
- secure
- salutary
- salubrious
- sound
- curative
- healthy
- secure
- wholesome
- salubrious
- curative
- healthful
- wholesome
- salutary
- sound
- healthy
- propitious
- remedial
- palliative
- remedial
- anodyne
- hurtless
- healthful
- hurtless
- propitious
- palliative
Weak:
hurtful Meaning
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.
detrimental, damaging, adverse,harmful, dangerous, baneful, poisonous, nocuous, hostile, ill
benign, favorable, harmless, useful, useful, advantageous, inoffensive, helpful, innocent, beneficial
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.