hurtful
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hurt·ful
(hûrt′fəl)adj.
1. Causing pain or suffering, especially of a psychological nature.
2. Damaging or harmful: an incident that was hurtful to his career.
hurt′ful·ly adv.
hurt′ful·ness n.
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hurtful
(ˈhɜːtfʊl)adj
causing distress or injury: to say hurtful things.
ˈhurtfully adv
ˈhurtfulness n
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hurt•ful
(ˈhɜrt fəl)adj.
causing hurt, distress, or injury; injurious.
[1520–30]
hurt′ful•ly, adv.
hurt′ful•ness, n.
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Adj. | 1. | hurtful - causing hurt; "her hurtful unconsidered words" unkind - lacking kindness; "a thoughtless and unkind remark"; "the unkindest cut of all" |
2. | hurtful - harmful to living things; "deleterious chemical additives" harmful - causing or capable of causing harm; "too much sun is harmful to the skin"; "harmful effects of smoking" |
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hurtful
adjective unkind, upsetting, distressing, mean, cutting, damaging, wounding, nasty, cruel, destructive, harmful, malicious, mischievous, detrimental, pernicious, spiteful, prejudicial, injurious, disadvantageous, maleficent Her comments were very hurtful to Mrs Green's family.
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hurtful
adjective1. Marked by, causing, or experiencing physical pain:
2. Causing harm or injury:
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Translations
ضارٌّ، مُضِر
zraňující
særandi; skaîlegur
acı vereninciticikırıcı
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
hurtful
[ˈhɜːrtfʊl] adj [remark] → blessant(e)to be hurtful to sb [person] → être blessant(e) envers qn
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
hurtful
adj words, action → verletzend; it was very hurtful to him → es verletzte ihn sehr; to say/do hurtful things → Verletzendes sagen/tun
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
hurt
(həːt) – past tense, past participle hurt – verb1. to injure or cause pain to. I hurt my hand on that broken glass.
2. to upset (a person or his feelings). He hurt me / my feelings by ignoring me.
3. to be painful. My tooth hurts.
4. to do harm (to) or have a bad effect (on). It wouldn't hurt you to work late just once.
adjective1. upset; distressed. She felt very hurt at/by his behaviour; her hurt feelings.
2. injured. Are you badly hurt?
ˈhurtful adjective causing distress. a hurtful remark.
ˈhurtfully adverbˈhurtfulness noun
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hurtful
adj hiriente; hurtful words..palabras hirientesEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.