hurtful
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Synonyms
adverse, bad, baleful, baneful, damaging, dangerous, deleterious, detrimental, evil, harmful, ill, injurious, mischievous, nocuous, noxious, pernicious, prejudicial, wicked
Antonyms
anodyne, benign, harmless, hurtless, innocent, innocuous, inoffensive, safe
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Almost as hurtful is the courtroom scene in which jokey discussions between Nicole and Charlie are quoted by their lawyers as evidence of their unfitness to be parents. — N.b. | Venice, The Economist, "“Marriage Story” probes the painful disintegration of a relationship," 4 Sep. 2019 But a lot of it isn’t, and these videos can turn into hurtful jabs at creators. — Julia Alexander, The Verge, "YouTube’s ‘creator-on-creator’ harassment policy could affect commentary videos," 5 Aug. 2019 The House report contained explosive, hurtful allegations of coercion, violence, and assault. — Bryan Lowry, kansascity, "Finding impartial jury for Greitens trial? ‘Pretty close to impossible,’ experts say | The Kansas City Star," 13 Apr. 2018 Most recently, satire has proved a stage for a debate around the boundaries of what is acceptable and what is hurtful. — Aurelien Breeden, New York Times, "The El Paso Shooting Revived the Free Speech Debate. Europe Has Limits.," 6 Aug. 2019 For these families to receive this news via the reporting of a financial call on Twitter is incredibly disappointing and hurtful. — Meredith Wadman, Science | AAAS, "Update: Twins who were face of controversial rare disease treatment have died," 18 July 2019 To admit this and apologize would require her to consider the true consequence of her hurtful comment, which is to shake the foundation of your confidence. — Ask Amy, oregonlive.com, "Ask Amy: Uprooted life leaves wife longing for another change," 27 July 2019 To admit this and apologize would require her to consider the true consequence of her hurtful comment, which is to shake the foundation of your confidence. — Amy Dickinson, The Denver Post, "Ask Amy: A big move brings on a big sadness," 27 July 2019 As most of us have observed, some words written quickly and without thought can be misleading and too often, hurtful. — Dolly Merritt, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, "Merritt: Demise of postcards and letters shouldn’t stop us from writing to those we care about," 20 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'hurtful.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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