Hurtful

/ˈhɜːtfl/ adjective

Definition

Causing emotional pain or damage to someone's feelings; mean or unkind.

Etymology

From 'hurt' (possibly from Old Norse 'hyrta') + '-ful' suffix meaning 'full of.' The word emerged in Middle English to describe things that caused pain or injury.

Kelly Says

Interestingly, 'hurtful' is more often used for emotional pain than physical pain—we say 'hurtful words' not 'hurtful punches'—which shows how language recognizes that words and emotions can wound as deeply as physical blows.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ሰላላ ይሄዳል (se-la-la yih-daal)
se-la-la yi-daal
ARالعربية
مؤذي (mu'ūḏi)
mu-oo-dhi
BNবাংলা
বেদনাদায়ক (bedanadāyak)
be-da-na-da-yak
CACatalà
danyós
da-ny-os
CSČeština
zranitelný
zran-i-tel-ny
DADansk
skadefrig
ska-de-f-rig
DEDeutsch
verletzend
ver-let-zen-d
ELΕλληνικά
βλάπτει (bláptei)
bla-p-tei
ESEspañol
herido
he-ri-do
FAفارسی
آزاردهنده (āzārdehāndeh)
a-za-ar-deh-ha-ndeh
FISuomi
haitallinen
hai-tal-li-nen
FRFrançais
blessant
ble-san
GUGU
ઝડપથી ચાલે છે (jhadapthi chalé chhe)
ja-da-p-thi cha-le che
HAHA
yaushe
ya-ushe
HEעברית
גורם לנזק (gorem l'nezak)
go-rem l'ne-zak
HIहिन्दी
चोट पहुँचाने वाला (chot pahunchane wala)
cho-t pa-hun-cha-ne wa-la
HUMagyar
sérül
se-rul
IDBahasa Indonesia
menyakitkan
me-ni-kit-kan
IGIG
eji
e-ji
ITItaliano
ferito
fe-ri-to
JA日本語
傷つける (kizutsukeru)
ki-zu-tsu-ke-ru
KKKK
жедел (jedel)
je-del
KMKM
រត់ (rot)
rot
KO한국어
상처를 입히는 (sangcheoreul ip hineun)
sang-cheo-reul ip hi-neun
MRMR
वेगाने चालू (vegane chaloo)
ve-ga-ne cha-loo
MSBahasa Melayu
mencederakan
men-ce-de-ra-kan
MYမြန်မာ
စုံစုံလျှောက် (su-su-lon-shouk)
su-su-lon-shouk
NLNederlands
pijnlijk
py-n-k
NONorsk
skadelig
ska-de-lig
PAPA
ਤੇਜ਼ੀ ਨਾਲ 🏃 (tezi naal)
te-zi naal
PLPolski
ranny
ran-ny
PTPortuguês
ferido
fe-ri-do
RORomână
rănitor
ran-i-tor
RUРусский
ранимый
ra-nim-y
SVSvenska
sårskadlig
sa-r-ska-d-lig
SWKiswahili
umdhuru
um-dhu-ru
TAதமிழ்
காயம் ஏற்படுத்தும் (kāyam ērppaṭṭum)
ka-yam e-rp-pa-ṭṭum
TEతెలుగు
వేదన కలిగించే (vēdhana kaligincē)
ve-dha-na ka-li-gin-che
THไทย
เจ็บปวด (jeb paut)
jeb paut
TLTL
nakakasakit
na-ka-ka-sa-kit
TRTürkçe
yaralayıcı
ya-ra-la-yi-ci
UKУкраїнська
шкідливий (shkidlivyy)
shkid-li-vyy
URاردو
نुकسانہ (nuksān)
nu-k-sa-n
VITiếng Việt
làm tổn thương
lam ton-thuong
YOYO
ṣẹ̀pẹ̀
she-pe
ZH中文
伤害 (shānghài)
shang-hai
ZUZU
yisile
yi-si-le

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