Complete Definition of "hurtful"

English

Adjective
en-adj

  1. Tending to impair or damage; injurious; mischievous; occasioning loss or injury; causing pain or suffering.
Quotations
1649: w:John Milton|John Milton, Eikonoklastes
1890: George Henry Rohé, Text-book of hygiene

Synonyms
pernicious; harmful; baneful; prejudicial; detrimental; disadvantageous; mischievous; injurious; noxious; unwholesome; destructive.

Translations
Finnish: loukkaava

Related terms
hurt
hurtfully
hurtfulness

References
R:Century 1911
R:Webster 1913

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