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Thesaurus: hurtful

Tending to impair or damage; injurious; mischievous; occasioning loss or injury; as, hurtful words or conduct.

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  1. a. Tending to impair or damage; injurious; mischievous; occasioning loss or injury; as, hurtful words or conduct.
  2. adj. causing hurt
  3. adj. harmful to living things
  4. 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.
  5. Tending to impair or damage; injurious; mischievous;occasioning loss or injury; as, hurtful words or conduct.