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Definition of hurtful in English: hurtfuladjective ˈhəːtfʊlˈhəːtf(ə)lˈhərtfəl Causing distress to someone's feelings. 伤感情的 他那伤感情的话。 Example sentencesExamples - Hard men sometimes have soft centres and there's nothing more hurtful than to be taken for granted.
- There can only be two explanations for this unbelievably hurtful statement.
- And what company in their right mind would touch such a nasty, intrusive, hurtful idea?
- I can be impervious to some of the hurtful things in the press.
- At the very least, your friend owes it to you to tell you why she's saying such hurtful things.
- It's getting hurtful for people and has become cruelty for the sake of TV.
- My heart is so full of things to say but most of them are hurtful and angry.
- That kind of racism is just as hurtful as the intentional sort.
- A reply would not have been adequate, it would have been hurtful, and it was too late.
- It was very hurtful because he was someone I genuinely cared for and was trying to help and he had punched me with no provocation.
- We did not see it as an urgency or as being hurtful or harmful to anyone.
- I know how hurtful it is when kids at school make fun of you and make you cry.
- She always found the most cruel, shaming and hurtful way possible to attack.
- At this point he paused and looked sadly into the distance as if recalling every hurtful moment of the evening.
- I guess that is something that can be a bit hurtful or upsetting for me to ponder.
- I am trying to figure out the least hurtful way for both of us to explain.
- He said it must have been horrendously hurtful for the family to agree to the publication of the pictures.
- However, when we did next meet up, we had a really nasty row and said a lot of hurtful things about each other.
- Those who attack political correctness would much rather be free to say any old hurtful and rancid thing, just as they always used to.
- This type of hostility can range from hurtful slander to physical attacks.
Synonyms upsetting, distressing, wounding, painful unkind, cruel, nasty, mean, malicious, spiteful, snide, acerbic, cutting, biting, barbed, vicious, offensive informal catty, bitchy British informal sarky North American informal snarky rare acidulous, mordacious
Derivativesadverb ˈhəːtfʊliˈhəːtf(ə)liˈhərtfəli Coun Campbell said: ‘I take it very hurtfully that I am operating only as a one-man or two-man parish council and that I am not acting in the best interests of the village.’ Example sentencesExamples - Let me know when you're willing to speak,’ she said hurtfully, standing up and getting ready to leave.
- Unfortunately, having been so hurtfully tossed aside many times previously had wreaked havoc with her self-confidence in the dating pool and Rachel just wished that whatever she did have with Todd wasn't irreparably damaged.
- ‘Fine, don't believe me, you'll all see’ Harrison said hurtfully.
- And my father began to speak hurtfully, sarcastically to me.
noun ˈhəːtfʊlnəsˈhəːtf(ə)lnəsˈhərtfəlnəs It is as if finally our battles in all their hurtfulness and seriousness are being shown. Example sentencesExamples - He was sharply aware of the pain of humiliation and dependency, the hatefulness and hurtfulness of paternalistic rule.
- It can be a lesson on the hurtfulness of put-downs, followed by discussions on ways to communicate ‘put-ups.’
- None of that matches the hurtfulness, however, of the effort to marginalize gays and lesbians through their children.
- Full of compassion, they are never a source of fear or hurtfulness.
Definition of hurtful in US English: hurtfuladjectiveˈhərtfəlˈhərtfəl Causing distress to someone's feelings. 伤感情的 他那伤感情的话。 Example sentencesExamples - She always found the most cruel, shaming and hurtful way possible to attack.
- I know how hurtful it is when kids at school make fun of you and make you cry.
- At this point he paused and looked sadly into the distance as if recalling every hurtful moment of the evening.
- However, when we did next meet up, we had a really nasty row and said a lot of hurtful things about each other.
- I can be impervious to some of the hurtful things in the press.
- A reply would not have been adequate, it would have been hurtful, and it was too late.
- There can only be two explanations for this unbelievably hurtful statement.
- That kind of racism is just as hurtful as the intentional sort.
- It was very hurtful because he was someone I genuinely cared for and was trying to help and he had punched me with no provocation.
- It's getting hurtful for people and has become cruelty for the sake of TV.
- I am trying to figure out the least hurtful way for both of us to explain.
- And what company in their right mind would touch such a nasty, intrusive, hurtful idea?
- I guess that is something that can be a bit hurtful or upsetting for me to ponder.
- We did not see it as an urgency or as being hurtful or harmful to anyone.
- He said it must have been horrendously hurtful for the family to agree to the publication of the pictures.
- My heart is so full of things to say but most of them are hurtful and angry.
- At the very least, your friend owes it to you to tell you why she's saying such hurtful things.
- Hard men sometimes have soft centres and there's nothing more hurtful than to be taken for granted.
- This type of hostility can range from hurtful slander to physical attacks.
- Those who attack political correctness would much rather be free to say any old hurtful and rancid thing, just as they always used to.
Synonyms upsetting, distressing, wounding, painful
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