Associations to the word «Hurtful»

Wiktionary

HURTFUL, adjective. Tending to impair or damage; injurious; mischievous; occasioning loss or injury.
HURTFUL, adjective. Tending to hurt someone's feelings; insulting.

Dictionary definition

HURTFUL, adjective. Causing hurt; "her hurtful unconsidered words".
HURTFUL, adjective. Harmful to living things; "deleterious chemical additives".

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn