Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Hurtful"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hurtful \Hurt"ful\, a.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hurtful
adj 1: causing hurt; "her hurtful unconsidered words"
2: harmful to living things; "deleterious chemical additives"
[syn: {deleterious}, {injurious}]
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