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