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