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