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