Meaning

2 senses
  1. Tending to impair or damage; injurious; occasioning loss or injury.

    вредныйvrednyj, пагубныйpagubnyj

  2. Tending to hurt someone's feelings; insulting; lacerating.

    обидныйobidnyj

    causing hurt

Examples

44 sentences
  1. What a hurtful thing to say!

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  2. That was very hurtful.

    ruЭто принесло много ущерба.

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  3. Ziri said some very hurtful things.

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  4. Saying hurtful things about others is wrong.

    deEs gehört sich nicht, andere verbal zu verletzen.

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  5. The consequences of cheating are extremely hurtful.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
tending to impair or damage:
tending to hurt someone's feelings:

Origin

From hurt + -ful.

From hurt + -ful.

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Forms

more hurtful, most hurtful
Comparativemore hurtful Lesson
Superlativemost hurtful Lesson

regular

Synonyms

18 synonyms

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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