Hurtful
adjective
Causing pain or harm.
The way he talks about other people is really hurtful.
Often appears as...
- hurtful words
- hurtful comments
adjective
Causing emotional pain or distress.
She made some hurtful comments about my outfit.
Often appears as...
- hurtful remarks
- hurtful insult
adjective
Causing pain or harm.
The way he talks about other people is really hurtful.
Often appears as...
- hurtful words
- hurtful comments
adjective
Causing emotional pain or distress.
She made some hurtful comments about my outfit.
Often appears as...
- hurtful remarks
- hurtful insult
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Context
Used when someone or something actually causes physical pain or injury.
The boxer's punch was hurtful and left a bruise.
Pro Tip 2/3Non-physical Impact
Refers to actions or situations that indirectly cause physical harm, like stress leading to headaches.
Her constant criticism was hurtful and caused him migraines.
Pro Tip 3/3Abstract Hurt
Can describe harm to non-living things, like one's career or reputation.
The scandal was hurtful to her professional image.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Context
Used when someone or something actually causes physical pain or injury.
The boxer's punch was hurtful and left a bruise.
Pro Tip 2/3Non-physical Impact
Refers to actions or situations that indirectly cause physical harm, like stress leading to headaches.
Her constant criticism was hurtful and caused him migraines.
Pro Tip 3/3Abstract Hurt
Can describe harm to non-living things, like one's career or reputation.
The scandal was hurtful to her professional image.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Context
Used when someone or something actually causes physical pain or injury.
The boxer's punch was hurtful and left a bruise.
Pro Tip 2/3Non-physical Impact
Refers to actions or situations that indirectly cause physical harm, like stress leading to headaches.
Her constant criticism was hurtful and caused him migraines.
Pro Tip 3/3Abstract Hurt
Can describe harm to non-living things, like one's career or reputation.
The scandal was hurtful to her professional image.
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Meet my robot...
rest now so in our culture there is a deep urge to correct and perfect things and in our technological time but we tend to do is replace stuff that hurts or is potentially hurtful with technology and there is a lot of good in that but over the last year a couple of years I've
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How to teach kids to...
and said that their skin was ugly. And even use this reason as an excuse to dehumanize them. And the reason why we're learning about race and racism in the first place is to educate ourselves to know better. And to understand why comments like this are hurtful,
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Eve Ensler: Embrace your...
when I watched a man break down, that bullets are actually hardened tears, that when we don't allow men to have their girl self and have their vulnerability, and have their compassion, and have their hearts, that they become hardened and hurtful and violent.
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Special Olympics let me...
proving that people with intellectual disabilities are still invisible to far too many people. People use it as a casual term or an insult. It was tweeted more than nine million times last year, and it is deeply hurtful
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My story of love and...
Children may express emotions that may feel hurtful or worry an adoptive parent. As a parent, work to hold and manage your fears separately from your child. Always acknowledge your child's story as valid and important.
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4 signs of emotional...
These behaviors can painfully transform the meaning of spoken statements that might otherwise seem benign. Third, how someone reacts to being told they’ve said or done something hurtful can give important
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Time Debt PIPE Linda...
his hurtful words and his betrayals but I often erased those entries when he would apologize because I loved him and I felt guilty for focusing on the negative for recording the truth of my
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Beeban Kidron: The...
These films held what was too hurtful to say out loud, and they became more useful to me than the whispers of survivors and the occasional glimpse of a tattoo on a maiden aunt's wrist.
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Why winning doesn't...
And for two solid hours, they gave me examples of how my arrogance was hurtful and demeaning. Yeah, not yay. They explained to me that they wanted to be supported, not belittled.
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Jennifer Senior: For...
is a much more realistic aim than happiness. In fact, as any parent will tell you, it's awfully hard. All of us have said or done hurtful things
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Meet my robot...
rest now so in our culture there is a deep urge to correct and perfect things and in our technological time but we tend to do is replace stuff that hurts or is potentially hurtful with technology and there is a lot of good in that but over the last year a couple of years I've
Video examples
How to teach kids to...
and said that their skin was ugly. And even use this reason as an excuse to dehumanize them. And the reason why we're learning about race and racism in the first place is to educate ourselves to know better. And to understand why comments like this are hurtful,
Video examples
Eve Ensler: Embrace your...
when I watched a man break down, that bullets are actually hardened tears, that when we don't allow men to have their girl self and have their vulnerability, and have their compassion, and have their hearts, that they become hardened and hurtful and violent.
Video examples
Special Olympics let me...
proving that people with intellectual disabilities are still invisible to far too many people. People use it as a casual term or an insult. It was tweeted more than nine million times last year, and it is deeply hurtful
Video examples
My story of love and...
Children may express emotions that may feel hurtful or worry an adoptive parent. As a parent, work to hold and manage your fears separately from your child. Always acknowledge your child's story as valid and important.
Video examples
4 signs of emotional...
These behaviors can painfully transform the meaning of spoken statements that might otherwise seem benign. Third, how someone reacts to being told they’ve said or done something hurtful can give important
Video examples
Time Debt PIPE Linda...
his hurtful words and his betrayals but I often erased those entries when he would apologize because I loved him and I felt guilty for focusing on the negative for recording the truth of my
Video examples
Beeban Kidron: The...
These films held what was too hurtful to say out loud, and they became more useful to me than the whispers of survivors and the occasional glimpse of a tattoo on a maiden aunt's wrist.
Video examples
Why winning doesn't...
And for two solid hours, they gave me examples of how my arrogance was hurtful and demeaning. Yeah, not yay. They explained to me that they wanted to be supported, not belittled.
Video examples
Jennifer Senior: For...
is a much more realistic aim than happiness. In fact, as any parent will tell you, it's awfully hard. All of us have said or done hurtful things
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Gustaf Skarsgard
Swedish Actor
We're a very close family, and we've always been supportive of one another. But it's definitely easier to be happy for the other person's acting success when you're doing okay yourself. Ultimately, when you're all in the same competitive industry, it can be more hurtful to see the other succeed if you're not doing as well.
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Eric Church
American Musician
With bullying and all the stuff going on, words are very important. Words can be more hurtful than anything physically. I got little kids, and it's common sense when you're raising them that the main thing is how you talk to people, and how you treat people. Sometimes I think the world forgets that as we get older.
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Lucy Dacus
American Musician
I guess the point of that song 'Troublemaker, Doppelganger' is trying to navigate the worth of beauty and if it's hurtful or helpful to value beauty. If it's a curse or a blessing. Is that something really negative and morbid, like the hearse, or is it the limousine - a glamorous symbol of enjoying life?
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Russell Simmons
American Businessman
I try to keep a positive intention and use whatever resources I have to benefit others. I try to create businesses that I think are not hurtful. I try to do things that I think are helpful to the environment, to the animals, and to the planet.
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Sammi Hanratty
American Actress
I get cyber-bullied all of the time. Everybody has something negative to say. It is so hurtful. So I think that it is really important for kids to know how to deal with it correctly because it can be a really dangerous situation.
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Taylour Paige
American Actress
I try not to read the stuff online because it's so hurtful and stuff. There was somebody that said I was messing up my genetics by dating my boyfriend because he's not black. It was an interesting thing to read.
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Paddy Ashdown
British Politician
Maybe it's legitimate criticism, though it can be hurtful. Maybe I haven't paid sufficient attention to the people with whom I would have a natural affinity as a liberal, and they feel let down by that.
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Kyle Richards
American Actress
I know for me, personally, when something is being said about me that isn't true, it's extremely hurtful and frustrating.
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Wangechi Mutu
Kenyan Artist
If something hurtful enters your body, you create something beautiful to protect yourself from it. That's my philosophy.
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Rajinikanth
Indian Actor
How you communicate while criticising a film is important. Don't pass any hurtful remarks.
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Gustaf Skarsgard
Swedish Actor
We're a very close family, and we've always been supportive of one another. But it's definitely easier to be happy for the other person's acting success when you're doing okay yourself. Ultimately, when you're all in the same competitive industry, it can be more hurtful to see the other succeed if you're not doing as well.
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Eric Church
American Musician
With bullying and all the stuff going on, words are very important. Words can be more hurtful than anything physically. I got little kids, and it's common sense when you're raising them that the main thing is how you talk to people, and how you treat people. Sometimes I think the world forgets that as we get older.
Quote examples
Lucy Dacus
American Musician
I guess the point of that song 'Troublemaker, Doppelganger' is trying to navigate the worth of beauty and if it's hurtful or helpful to value beauty. If it's a curse or a blessing. Is that something really negative and morbid, like the hearse, or is it the limousine - a glamorous symbol of enjoying life?
Quote examples
Russell Simmons
American Businessman
I try to keep a positive intention and use whatever resources I have to benefit others. I try to create businesses that I think are not hurtful. I try to do things that I think are helpful to the environment, to the animals, and to the planet.
Quote examples
Sammi Hanratty
American Actress
I get cyber-bullied all of the time. Everybody has something negative to say. It is so hurtful. So I think that it is really important for kids to know how to deal with it correctly because it can be a really dangerous situation.
Quote examples
Taylour Paige
American Actress
I try not to read the stuff online because it's so hurtful and stuff. There was somebody that said I was messing up my genetics by dating my boyfriend because he's not black. It was an interesting thing to read.
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Paddy Ashdown
British Politician
Maybe it's legitimate criticism, though it can be hurtful. Maybe I haven't paid sufficient attention to the people with whom I would have a natural affinity as a liberal, and they feel let down by that.
Quote examples
Kyle Richards
American Actress
I know for me, personally, when something is being said about me that isn't true, it's extremely hurtful and frustrating.
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Wangechi Mutu
Kenyan Artist
If something hurtful enters your body, you create something beautiful to protect yourself from it. That's my philosophy.
Quote examples
Rajinikanth
Indian Actor
How you communicate while criticising a film is important. Don't pass any hurtful remarks.
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