hurtful

 
  Overview  of  adj  hurtful 
 
  The  adj  hurtful  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  hurtful  --  (causing  hurt;  "her  hurtful  unconsidered  words") 
  2.  deleterious,  hurtful,  injurious  --  (harmful  to  living  things  "deleterious  chemical  additives") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  hurtful 
 
  2  senses  of  hurtful 
 
  Sense  1 
  hurtful 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  unkind)  ->  kind 
 
  Sense  2 
  deleterious,  hurtful,  injurious 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  harmful)  ->  harmless 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  hurtful 
 
  2  senses  of  hurtful 
 
  Sense  1 
  hurtful 
  =>  unkind  (vs.  kind) 
 
  Sense  2 
  deleterious,  hurtful,  injurious 
  =>  harmful  (vs.  harmless) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  hurtful 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  hurtful 
 
  hurtful  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  hurtful 
  hurtful 
 
  Overview  of  adj  hurtful 
 
  The  adj  hurtful  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  hurtful  --  (causing  hurt;  "her  hurtful  unconsidered  words") 
  2.  deleterious,  hurtful,  injurious  --  (harmful  to  living  things  "deleterious  chemical  additives") 

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