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hurt⋅ful

[hurt-fuhl]
–adjective
causing hurt or injury; injurious; harmful.

Origin:
1520–30; hurt + -ful


hurt⋅ful⋅ly, adverb
hurt⋅ful⋅ness, noun


destructive, pernicious; noxious.
hurt·ful   (hûrt'fəl)   
adj.  Causing injury or suffering; damaging.
hurt'ful·ly adv., hurt'ful·ness n.

Hurtful

Hurt"ful\, a. Tending to impair or damage; injurious; mischievous; occasioning loss or injury; as, hurtful words or conduct.

Syn: Pernicious; harmful; baneful; prejudicial; detrimental; disadvantageous; mischievous; injurious; noxious; unwholesome; destructive. -- Hurt"ful*ly, adv. -- Hurt"ful*ness, n.
Language Translation for : hurtful
Spanish: hiriente, ofensivo,
German: schädlich,
Japanese: 傷つけるような
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