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Definition of hurtful adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

hurtful

adjective
 
/ˈhɜːtfl/
 
/ˈhɜːrtfl/
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  1. (of comments) making you feel upset and offended synonym unkind
    • I cannot forget the hurtful things he said.
    • She made some very hurtful remarks.
    • hurtful to somebody The bad reviews of her new book were very hurtful to her.
    • What he said was deeply hurtful to me.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • find something
    adverb
    • deeply
    • very
    • particularly
    preposition
    • to
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