What does hurtful mean?

hurtful in AZ Dictionary

(a) Causing damage or suffering; damaging.
(a) maintaining impair or harm; damaging; naughty; occasioning reduction or injury.
(a) looking after hurt a person's feelings; insulting.
Tending to hurt or impair; damaging; mischievous; causing harm or damage.
Synonyms Disadvantageous, detrimental, harmful, prejudicial, deleterious, baneful, nnwholesome, pernicious, noxious, destructive.

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    • harmful, detrimental, prejudicial, pernicious, destructive
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    • unintentionally hurtful, hurtful glare, indecent hurtful, hurtful distinctions, hurtful degrading
  • Equivalent for "hurtful"
    • unkind, harmful
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    • hurt, hurtfully, hurtfulness
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    • injurious, pernicious, unkind, detrimental, prejudicial
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