"hurtful" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more hurtful [comparative], most hurtful [superlative]
Etymology: From hurt + -ful. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|hurt|ful|pos=adjective}} hurt + -ful Head templates: {{en-adj}} hurtful (comparative more hurtful, superlative most hurtful)
  1. Tending to impair or damage; injurious; occasioning loss or injury. Synonyms (tending to impair or damage): pernicious Translations (tending to impair or damage): βλαπτικός (blaptikós) (Ancient Greek), вреден (vreden) (Bulgarian), vahingollinen (Finnish), ártalmas (Hungarian), káros (Hungarian), noxius (Latin), whakamamae (Maori), schätlich (Plautdietsch), dăunător (Romanian), हिंस्र (hiṃsra) (Sanskrit), nocivo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-hurtful-en-adj-EpWQqm~s Disambiguation of 'tending to impair or damage': 83 17 Disambiguation of 'tending to impair or damage': 83 17
  2. Tending to hurt someone's feelings; insulting. Translations (tending to hurt someone's feelings): обиден (obiden) (Bulgarian), loukkaava (Finnish), ilkeä (Finnish), pahantahtoinen (Finnish), pahansuopa (Finnish), blessant (French), bántó (Hungarian), sértő (Hungarian), hākiki (Maori), bliessant (Norman), krzywdzący (Polish), jignitor (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-hurtful-en-adj-Uw5SxZat Categories (other): English adjectives suffixed with -ful, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norman translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Sanskrit translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English adjectives suffixed with -ful: 28 72 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 77 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Sanskrit translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of "tending to hurt someone's feelings": 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: hurt, hurtfully, hurtfulness

Alternative forms

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