(of comments) making you feel upset and offended synonym unkind I cannot forget the hurtful things he said. hurtful to somebody The bad reviews of her new book were very hurtful to her.
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NAmE//ˈhərtfəli//
adverb He said, rather hurtfully, that he had better things to do than come and see me.See hurtful in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: hurtful